the great mind of galileo
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Galileo Introduction in full ?Galileo Galilei? born February 15, 1564, Pisa [Italy] ? died January 8, 1642, Arcetri, near Florence
Natural philosophers
Galileo Introduction in full ?Galileo Galilei? born February 15, 1564, Pisa [Italy] ? died January 8, 1642, Arcetri, near Florence
Astronomy
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Science Notes Ancient Models of the World Egypt Thought world was flat Thought sky was a flat plate supported by mountains Thought the sun traveled along the Nile India Thought world was circular disk surrounded by and ocean Thought the center of the world was a mountain Thought the sun went around the mountain once a day In the nighttime it went behind the mountain and came out in the morning Greece Thought Earth floated in the ocean like a cork One man thought Earth was a cylinder with a rounded top that floated in the air Thought that beyond the sky was a region of fire The sun, stars, and moon were holes in the sky, through which the fire could be seen NOTE: All of these incorporate local features General Astronomy
Chapter 16 Speilvogel Notes
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Chapter 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Society Chapter Summary In the Scientific Revolution, Western Europe disproved the idea of a geocentric universe and of the old Ptolemaic-Aristotelian view of the world and a new conception of the universe was born. New conception: the sun at the center of the universe, planets as material bodies revolving around the sun in elliptical orbits, infinite rather than finite world. Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric universe; Johannes Kepler: elliptical orbits of planets; Galileo Galilei: observed moon and sunspots with telescope = discovered universe is composed of material substance; Isaac Newton: law of gravity.
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