Erin Arroz Professor Rebecca Koerselman Western Civilization Section D 29 November 2013 Copernicus and the Scientific Revolution The Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth century is known for its cosmological discoveries and its introduction to a new way of investigating nature. This revolution challenged the medieval perspective and influenced great minds such as Galileo‚ Francis Bacon‚ and Foucault. Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution rejected utter reliance on authorities
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Nicholas Copernicus’ Cosmos Nicholas Copernicus was a Polish cosmologist born in the year 1470. Copernicus had always been an intelligent‚ and very well rounded person. When he was of age‚ he was sent to the university in Italy to study. When he graduated he was proficient in areas such as‚ medicine‚ accounting‚ and the liberal arts. Copernicus was also a religious man. He was a Brother in his church due to his uncle being a Bishop. His work as a cosmologist was completely of his own interest
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changes in beliefs and opinions. It is believed that Nicholas Copernicus was the first contributor to the scientific revolution. Many agree that this was one of the most important developments for humans in the future. The definition of a revolution is: “A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system”. This means that by the creation of the scientific revolution a new thought system was started. Nicolaus Copernicus was an outstanding man. Before him‚ everyone believed the
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as it’s sciences. In a revolution of time and space‚ it takes a concern of Earth’s spinning axis to enlighten an entire scientific undertaking of what lies beyond it. Nicholas Copernicus was not apart of the Ptolemaic Theory that the world was geocentric‚ he was the man who put his word against it. As a man of God‚ Copernicus wraps up the world in a “just another planet” nature‚ by calculating with mathematics the Earth spins on a particular axis. He publishes‚ Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial
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Galileo and Copernicus were two extremely influential astronomers. They believed in the heliocentric model of our solar system‚ or the idea that the planets revolved around the Sun. We all accept this model today as fact‚ but back in their time‚ the thought of it was pure blasphemy. The widely accepted idea at the time‚ as supported by the almighty Catholic Church‚ was the geocentric model. In this model‚ the Earth is central to nearly everything‚ and is orbited by the Sun‚ moon‚ and other special
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Individuals change there minds very often. In the example of Copernicus he changed his mind from the geocentric theory‚ what Newton hypothesized‚ which was the that the earth was the center of the universe and the planets‚ sun‚ moon‚ and even starts had there own ring in the universe and they orbited around the earth. Copernicus doubted and questioned this theory so he did his own calculation. Then he came up with the heliocentric theory‚ which was that the planets revolved around the sun and the
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He was born in 1473 in Toruń in northern Poland to a family of five. From the time Nicolaus Copernicus was young it was clear that he was interested in science and mathematics. This passion drove Copernicus to make many discoveries through the duration of his life. He went against the commonly thought idea that the Earth was stationary. He instead suggested instead that we lived in a heliocentric
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Nicolaus Copernicus was the man whom laid out the foundation for modern astronomy. Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February nineteenth of 1477 in the christian town of Torun‚ Poland. He grew up with a great education‚ better than a lot of other people. He grew up very close to the church (metaphorically) . Sadly the “Copernicus” blood line never lived on after Nicolaus. He never had a wife to pass his DNA to make another brilliant person. Some suggest that he was depressed from isolation‚ and
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Copernicus Q1 Response: Why did Copernicus dedicate his great work to Pope Paul III? The Pope was God’s highest representative on Earth and held great moral authority. Early intellectuals were very religious and believed that God made possible the discoveries that were being made about the Earth. Copernicus knew what he was proposing would be controversial in the intellectual community. By seeking the Pope’s approval for his work‚ he recognized that‚ even if the community disagreed or even found
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On February 19‚ 1473‚ a boy by the name of Nicolaus Copernicus was born in the province of Royal Prussia‚ in the Kingdom of Poland. His father was a merchant from Krakow and his mother was the daughter of a wealthy Torun Frombork. Copernicus was one of four children having two sisters and one brother. In school‚ Nicolaus studied astronomy‚ but he focused on law and medicine. While he was studying law at a high level‚ he became very interested in astronomy. From then on he studied different theories
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