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    Documents later showed up saying that Galileo had suffered neither imprisonment nor torture. The sentence was decreed and he was never held in prison. When he moved back to Florence‚ he made a request to be allowed to go to a church to attend mass‚ he was never excommunicated by the church for his believes in science. His remains were buried at the Church entrance when he died. In 1820‚ the censorship of Copernicanism was withdrawn by the Holy Office‚ taken on the discoveries made by two Italian

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    Galileo Galilei Group #3 Section: ME 333-A Dr. Bednarz Justin Weaver - Geometric Military Compass Alec Brown - Pendulum Clock Hamad Alkandari - Telescope Abdulmajeed Almutairi - Thermoscope Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist‚ mathematician‚ astronomer‚ and philosopher. Born on February 15‚ 1564‚ Galileo was most known for his feats in astronomy and in advancing the scientific revolution of the 16th century. He was a big supporter of Copernican theory which states the sun is the center

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    Galileo was contributed a lot to us today because he had major discoveries in math‚ astronomy‚ physics and engineering. Even though he had an unideal childhood‚ Galileo went to college at the University of Pisa. He also began teaching at the age of 17. In 1568 he invented the hydrostatic balance. this is used to measure the “specific gravity” of a gemstone. This is something that people use today in gemology. He also gave private math lessons to children in florence and his college. In 1593‚ Galileo

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    André-Marie Ampère‚ a French physicist and mathematician‚ founded electromagnetism‚ which he called electrodynamics. He was born in Lyon‚ France during the French Enlightenment‚ on January 20‚ 1775. His father‚ Jean-Jacques Ampère‚ and mother‚ Jeanne Antoinette Desutières-Sarcey Ampère‚ believed André’s education should be without formal schooling‚ and allowed him to teach himself with their library. When he was twelve‚ he was able to teach himself advanced mathematics because of his access to books

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    Galileo Galilei was born on February 1‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. He was the first of six children born to Vincenzo Galilei‚ a well-known musician and music theorist‚ and Giulia Ammannati. In 1574‚ the family moved to Florence‚ where Galileo started his formal education. Galileo was a professor in mathematics‚ and pioneered observation of nature with long-lasting implications for the study of physics. Correspondingly‚ Galileo constructed a telescope and supported the Copernican theory‚ which supports

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    Mole Essay Julissa Garcia Leon Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy A mole is a scientific unit developed by chemist that measures large quantities of very small things‚ such as atoms‚ molecules‚ and other particles. There are three types of molar conversions; moles to particles or particles to moles‚ moles to mass or mass to moles‚ and moles to volume or volume to moles. The number of units in a mole is 6.02 × 1023. This number is called Avogadro’s number in honour of Amedeo Avogadro

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    Murry’s “Chapter Four‚” “Chapter Five‚” and “Chapter Six” highlighted multiple events in the seventeenth century that indicated a shift in society. During this time‚ there was a variety of new ideas that were proposed regarding religion‚ science‚ politics‚ and philosophy. The only topic of these chapters that I had previously learned about or discussed was the Enlightenment‚ so many of these other events‚ ideas‚ and people’s reactions to them surprised me. “Chapter 4” discussed the relationship

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    Matteo Ricci‚ SJ was an Italian Jesuitpriest born of a noble family on the 6th of October 1552‚ in Macerata‚ Italy. He was attracted to the Jesuit religious order and‚ in opposition to his father’s wishes‚ he joined the Society of Jesus. Along with his studies in philosophy and theology‚ he also studied mathematics‚ cosmology‚ and astronomy under the guidance of Clavius. Ricci began his journey in 1577 and travelled to Portugal. Then‚ in 1578‚ he sailed to the Portuguese city of Goa on the west coast

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    “There can be no progress without conflict.” The word conflict can be defined as a ‘serious disagreement or argument‚ typically a protracted one’; a ‘clash of opposing feelings or needs’. On the other hand‚ progress can refer to a ‘forward or onward movement toward a destination’. There is no doubt that when these two words are put in juxtaposition‚ there is a clash in ideas; a conflict if one will. A prolonged difference is vastly in contrast with the concept advancement and forward change; yet

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    Emmie Thompson Mr. Lindley AP European 11 January 2013 Galileo‚ Descartes‚ and Newton The scientific revolution gave way to a radical change in the ideology of mankind. Prior to the scientific revolution‚ ideas were dominated by the church. Religion dominated science and was a superior source of knowledge. When science contradicted the church‚ it was wrong. This clash was seen with the claim of the earth not being the center of the universe‚ but the sun. The church declared this as heresy

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