Nicolaus Copernicus's Report

The Scientific Revolution brought a new way of thinking about the universe, and brought an end to Europe’s medieval past. Many scientists have devoted their lives to creating new ideas about the physical universe. These scientists created the assumption that the universe and nature are governed by mathematical laws. Each of the three scientists, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton contributed to the breakdown of the medieval world view. Nicolaus Copernicus thought past the idea of a geocentric universe, and established the idea of a heliocentric theory, or a sun-centered universe. Johannes Kepler presented the idea of an ellipse, otherwise known as the planets following an oval shaped orbit, and not a perfect circle. Finally,

Ptolemy, a Roman astronomer came up with the theory that the universe revolved around Earth and all the creatures inhabiting it (Doc. C). This theory, The Geocentric Universe of Ptolemy, was adjusted by most of the people during The Middle Ages. However, much later on, Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer, disagreed with Ptolemy’s theory. With his use of math and reason, he came up with a new theory called The Heliocentric Universe of Copernicus (Doc. C). He said that the universe & Earth itself revolves around the sun. The Church denied this theory because they did not want to be proven wrong. If the Church was wrong about this part of the universe, this would then cause man to wonder what else they could be wrong about, or even lied to them about. This new theory taught men to think for themselves and not to rely on the Church for

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

During most of the 16th and 17th centuries, it was not easy for scientists to make new discoveries and present them to the world. The Catholic Church, a dominating force during that period, persecuted anyone who would spread ideas and opinions that contradicted what the Bible stated. Both Copernicus and Galileo believed in the heliocentric theory, also called Copernicus theory, which stated that the sun was at the centre of the universe and the earth revolves around it. However, the Catholic Church did not agree with this idea because the Bible stated that the earth was at the centre of the universe and the sun revolved around it, which is the complete opposite. Due to this disagreement, Copernicus and Galileo were threaded by the Catholic Church and

During the first millennium B.C. scientists realized that astronomy had to become more scientific. Middle Eastern and Chinese cultures started studying the Sun, stars and the planets more closely in an attempt to learn more about our position in the universe.. Star positions also became important tools in understanding directions, and helping with navigation. One philosopher stated in 434 B.C. that the Sun was a ball of fire 60 kilometres in diameter, hovering 6500 kilometres above Earth’s surface. Around 130 B.C., Ptolemy wrote Almagest, which was a huge collection of astronomical data which included mathematical models, information about eclipses, and planetary and stellar positions and movements. It remained a major go to book for astronomy for hundreds of years, and was not seriously challenged until Copernicus disputed the geocentric model of the solar system in the 1500’s

Among these people were Copernicus who believed the sun was at the center of the world and the earth, stars and planets revolved around it. Danish astronomer Brahe helped contribute to this idea by contributing a large mass of data about the universe that he was able to discover. His student Kepler kept his ideas going, as he formulated many laws of planetary motion. He said the orbits around the sun were elliptical, planets don’t move in a uniform speed and the time a planet completes its orbit is related to its distance from the sun. Meanwhile, Florentine Galileo decided to use experiments to find out what happened and not what should happen, and discovered that a uniform force makes a uniform acceleration as well as inertia laws, that an object will be in motion forever unless stopped by another force.

Astronomy is the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. During the Middle Ages, a Roman astronomer named Ptolemy came up with a theory that everything in the solar system revolved around the Earth (Document C). During the Renaissance, a Polish astronomer named Copernicus relied mostly on mathematics, he developed a very different understanding of the universe (Document C). He came up with a theory that everything in the universe revolves around the sun. The ideas of Copernicus were upsetting to the Catholic Church. They were upsetting because they thought the Earth was the biggest planet and that everything should revolve around it. You can see that man's view was changing through astronomy because the way that people saw the universe was

When writing an essay, different drafts are created that can change the original idea on what the essay should be about multiple times. The same is true for many different things; including the views on the structure of the universe and Earth’s place in it. Many different people have studied and come up with idea about the universe, but two people who challenged what they were told and changed everyone’s minds were Copernicus, and Galileo.

theory that the sun is at rest near the center of the universe, and that the

Before Herschel’s discovering at least one famous scientist, Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), dared to question the centrality of the earth in the cosmos. The influence of his work led to a complete reevaluation of Earth's place in the

Like many inventors throughout history, Equality 7-2521 was ridiculed by his society after presenting them with an invention that would change the world. One of these inventors was Nicolaus Copernicus, the inventor who formulated the model of the universe in which the sun was placed at the center, instead of the earth. After publishing his first book that explained his theory, Copernicus faced ridicule from the church, and a lot of his book was either changed or just removed all together. Equality had some experiences much similar to this after he revealed his light to the Council. They told him that the light would be destroyed, and that he had betrayed the brotherhood for thinking freely. Despite the fact that the light Equality had created

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

Copernicus “lived, worked and died in that period which is generally regarded as a transition from the so-called middle ages to modern times. It was a period of the revival of learning and of the birth of modern science.” Copernicus’ discoveries led to the formation of the branch of science that we continue to develop and refine today. In effect, it was the beginning of the scientific method of inquiry as we know it today, because it finally drew the distinction between religion and science; it resulted in “…the destruction of a worldview that science (in the person of Ptolemy), philosophy (in the person of Aristotle) and religion (Jewish, Christian and Islamic) [were] centred on man and created for him.” By rejecting the idea that the Earth and man were at the center of the universe, Copernicus’ discoveries fundamentally changed the goal of the field of science.

Scholars from all over the world could have come out with their farfetched theories and hypothesis sooner except that many were in the same position as Copernicus and were afraid of the condemnation, disapproval, scorn, and controversy they would receive from religious authority figures and religious scholars. After a couple generations had passed and Copernicus’ theory had become accepted worldwide, Copernicus had gained copious amounts of influential scholars that defended his theories in hopes to continue discovering more about the universe. Among these scholars was Galileo Galilei who served to improve the heliocentric model even further by using a telescope, which he created that made objects twenty times larger, to help him resolve lingering issues within the heliocentric model as well as discovering characteristics regarding the heavens that double as support for heliocentrism. Galileo’s discoveries didn’t stop there, he went on to discover moons orbiting Jupiter, the faults and shortcomings of the moons surface and spots on the sun. These discoveries helped diminish the previous understandings that all planets were unlike Earth that appeared as flawless orbs. Even though Galileo made countless world changing

He made a theory of the universe that was adopted to many of the scholars of the Middle Ages. This theory was called “The geocentric universe of Ptolemy” Based on this, his theory meant that the universe was revolving around the Earth, and Earth was the center of everything. This rtheory was also strongly agreed by the Catholic churches and popes of the time. Later on, the polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus lived from 1473-1543. This was almost 150 years after the Middle Ages ended. Based on his mathematics, he developed a very different understanding of the universe from Ptolemy. His theory was called “The heliocentric universe of Copernicus.” According to Copernicus’ Theory, the sun is the center and the earth is going around it. The idea of Copernicus’ theory was upsetting to the church. What explains this is the church has been backing up Ptolemy’s theory and declaring it to everyone. So when Copernicus brought up this idea with detail and mathematical backup, people started to doubt the church, and what they have been saying. Even though the catholic churches had respect for Copernicus and his idea, till a wave of Protestant opposition led the church to ban Copernicus’ idea, Ways Copernicus influenced the way people thought about a man’s place in the universe was it brought up ideas like orbit, revolve,