Nicholas Copernicus : The Father Of Modern Science

words of Stephen Mizwa, Nicholas Copernicus “stopped the sun and set the earth in motion." Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who formed the heliocentric theory, which states that the Sun is the center of the universe and that all planets orbit the Sun. This drastic idea would fundamentally change astronomy and led to the Scientific Revolution, a period when scientific research skyrocketed, even though there was resistance from the religious leaders of the time. Copernicus was a hero because his

Nicholas Coperincus (1473-1543) was born in Poland where he studied mathematics and astronomy. In 1504, Copernicus began writing his famous novel De Revolutionibus Orblum Coelestium; however it was not published until after his death, due to the radical ideas that were contained inside.4 Copernicus was a man of great intelligence and his ideas changed scientists’ minds about astrology. In his book

Enlightenment thinker most famous for the 1762, “The Social Contract.” “The Social Contract” is Rousseau’s most valued work due to its ties within the French Revolution. Born in Geneva in 1712, Rousseau was shaped by the death of his mother and loss of his father at an early age. Sent to live with the Baroness de Warens, he gained a formal education that enabled him to write his later famous works. He loathed the Baroness’ values even when they eventually became lovers, but growing up in her educational environment

to the modern world. Many contributed to The Renaissance. Perhaps the most known are Leonardo da

important periods in human history took place in the 16th and 17th century. We refer to it now as the Scientific Revolution. This period of scientific discovery led to a new age of understanding about the universe and our place in it. Some of the modern mathematics that we use today were invented during this period. Until this time, the way we understood our place in the universe was based on the views of philosophers such as Aristotle and Plato. We believed in things like the world was the center

Galileo Galilei was one of the most influential scientists of the Renaissance period. He was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, a philosopher. He integrated the independent sciences of math and physics, and unified them. The popular view of the world, due to the Church overall power, at the time was Aristotle's theory that the the universe was geocentric or that the Earth was at the center of the universe.. Galileo went against that common belief and declared to the world that the Earth is not

THE EFFECT OF SCIENTIFIC EVOLUTION ON PHYSICS AS AN INDEPENDENT FIELD OF STUDY INTRODUCTION The early period of the seventeenth century is known as the “scientific revolution” for the drastic changes evidenced approach to science . The word “revolution” connotes a period of turmoil and social upheaval where ideas about the world change severely and a completely new era of academic thought is ushered in. This term, therefore, describes quite accurately what took place in the scientific community

such as scientific theories the church enforced concerning astrology and the natural world. With the beliefs of the church being reinforced by such powerful names as Aristotle and Ptolemy, it would become much harder for other philosophers such as Copernicus and Kepler who had to try and prove the natural world around them by using a scientific methods and reasoning. They had to present compelling arguments strong enough to come out from underneath the shadow of the church and the old masters. “Over

Galileo's life and work. Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15, 1564. When he was seventeen, his father, sent him to study medicine at the University of Pisa. During his time there Galileo learned about ancient Greek theories of science and of the men whose ideas were accepted as fact by the entire educated world. The main focus was how Galileo developed the idea that science needed to be about testing, experimenting, and observing, rather than accepting logical ideas that have been passed

Galileo Galilei Introduction It is no question that Galileo was an influential scientist in his time and still is today (picture located on page 6 from google.com). Though his most notable discoveries were in the field of astronomy, we cannot label him simply as an astronomer. He authored many important works including, Sidereal Messenger (also known as Starry Messenger), but unfortunately, due to the power of the Catholic church in his native Italy, his work in astronomy was widely rejected by