Galileo Superstitions

Galileo might be the most famous person in the development of astronomy. He is famous, not only because of the amazing work he did to advance Copernican theory of heliocentrism, but also because of the controversy that surrounded him. Using new methods and instruments, he provided compelling new evidence to support Copernican theory. He also contributed to the development of theories of physics that could account for the movements of bodies in new terms. His observations of the movements of objects in the heavens required different explanations than the old ideas about the heavens. It required him, and others, to begin to understand the reasons to explain these new observations. His efforts to publicize his findings was met by

Galileo’s findings from his telescopic observations were revolutionary because he showed that the heavens were not perfect.

Galileo was an Italian mathematician and astronomer who developed an improved telescope. He made observations the undermined established understandings of the cosmos. His discovery of Jupiter and many new stars, suggested a cosmos far larger than the finite universe of traditional astronomy. He published his remarkable findings in a book titled The Starry Messenger. (Ways of the World, 557-559)

Galileo(1564-1642) Made the telescope better and he used the telescope to observe planets, and he proves kepler’s theory, saw the imperfection of planets, and saw a storm on a planet also saw craters.

In “Towards a New Heaven: Revolution in Astronomy,” some of the greatest achievements of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth century were dominated by medicine, mechanics, and astronomers. Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton were some of the brilliant individuals that magnified the revolutionary astronomy. These astronomers challenged the conception and beliefs through the nature of the external world.

When it comes to theories and law’s concerning the movement of stellar bodies and why the universe is moving the way it is and how it came to be, data is continuously being added and revised. It is through this constant revising of theories and establishing of laws that core ideas are proven, with modern day scientists expanding knowledge for the rest of us. One of the earliest pioneers of spatial theories was the Italian astronomer, Galileo Galilei, who used the theories of those who came before and he learned from to paint a better picture of the way the universe was set. True to form, he dealt with accusations of heresy and resistance to his ideas from others during his life, which today are held as being before his time.

In the mid 1500’s, the Scientific Revolution altered the way the opinions of the masses. This change paved a new way of thinking for Europeans. More than 1,000 years ago, individuals concluded that the Earth was the center of the universe. Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer was interested in studying science eclipses; in Germany he studied mathematics and astronomy. In 1571 when he was 25 years old, the King of England granted him the island of Denmark and extra money to build his own observatory.

Leung 1 Kelly Leung Professors Furstein and Cole Science Con. 9 Oct. 2014 The Catholic Church’s Authority vs. Galileo’s Correctness In his “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” and Ballarmine, Galileo’s disagreement about the relationship between Copernicanism and Scripture was rooted in Galileo’s views of the separation between theology and astronomy.

God is known as the creator of Earth and one who knows everything. However, Galileo’s invention of the telescope has found things our leader did not inform us about Earth. Galileo believed earth was immobile and the sky was unchanging but his invention later proved otherwise. He discovered four moons around Jupiter proving that everything in our Universe did not circle the Earth. The telescope led him to see the rings of Saturn, phases of Venus, sunspots, and stars in the Milky Way.

The Scientific Revolution not only led to countless inventions that changed the way of life, but changed people’s perspectives on many subjects such as the natural world. Copernicus changed the traditional view of the universe from an earth centered theory to a sun centered theory based on data collected from his predecessors in the field of astronomy. The key to proving this new view of the universe was the collaboration of other scientists, such as Galileo, and the usage of new astronomical instruments, particularly the telescope. The telescope allowed systematic observations of the universe, which ultimately supported the heliocentric view of the universe. This new view questioned everything that was fundamental to the Christian faith, which infuriated the Catholic Church (Spielvogel 475-480, 493).

Slowly scientists, physicists and astronomers realised that our solar system did not revolve around earth and that all planets orbited the sun. It had great impact on the ways that physicists thought about our solar system and the universe. By Galilei’s great observation modern scientists can now study our solar system with the correct picture in mind (planets orbiting the sun and moons orbiting the planets) and they can draw conclusions about the future of our solar system and

Nicolaus Copernicus, a great mathematician, and Astronomer introduced the idea of a heliocentric universe, which now is one of the important movements of the time. Back when he was alive, he harbored this idea away for the fear of the hatred and death his idea would bring upon him. As the church was the power and anything that went against said power was turned away. Hatred, hostility, resentment would fall upon you and worst of all death. Copernicus being the extraordinary brilliant person he was, waited until he was on his deathbed to present his ideas to the world, being as he was dying already he had nothing to fear. His work has inspired and caused many people to now think for themselves, to use their own minds and go out against those

Prior to Galileo’s time, the Greek and medieval mind, science was a kind of formalism, a means of coordinating data, which had no bearing on the ultimate reality of things. The point was to give order to complicated data, and all that mattered was the hypothesis that was simplest to understand and most convenient. Astronomy and mathematics were regarded as the playthings of intellectuals. They were accounted as having neither philosophical nor theological relevance. There was genuine puzzlement among Churchmen that they had to get involved in a quarrel over planetary orbits.

In summer of 1609, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) pointed his revolutionary astronomical telescope to the heavens under the starry Venetian sky; his greatly important observations unveiled the mysteries of universe and would end up changing the course of scientific thought forever. Galileo lived in an age where there was much status quo, when scientists and philosophers would accept scientific and religious doctrine that had stood for hundreds, if not thousands, of years instead of challenging the accepted knowledge in favor of intellectual progress. Galileo’s scientific methods lead to significant discoveries explaining key scientific laws, such as the

In 1609, Galileo Galilei, using “spyglass” which allowed one to see things closer than they appeared, made an early version of the telescope. With it, he observed the skies in a way no one had before. He discovered the moon isn’t perfectly globular, it has craters, the Sun has sunspots, Venus orbits the Sun (contrary to widespread belief in his time), and then he observed four “stars” around Jupiter (“Our Solar System”). Within