Science Changes The World Of Science

The article ‘On the Recentness of What We Know,’ written by Verlyn Klinkenborg, is a pleasant read about the author’s fondness of astronomy and his insight regarding the science of it and knowledge gleaned from it. Klinkenborg recounts a few of his star-gazing memories and then proceeds to analyze the effects cosmological discoveries have on him personally and humanity in general. The author shares bits of theoretical history of the universe and information on the early astronomers whose hypotheses have developed that history. He goes on to reference various well known discoveries throughout the years and marvels at how drastically information in recent years has changed the stories of our universe.

The Scientific Revolution was a time of improvements in medicine, knowledge of the body, and knowledge of the universe. People questioned nature and what was taught by the Church. Sir Issac Newton developed the laws of gravity when an apple fell from a tree, Robert Boyle distinguished between elements and compounds, and Andreas Vesalius made the first accurate detailed study of human anatomy. The most revolutionary theory is seen in Document C. Greek astronomer Ptolemy said that the universe was geocentric, the earth is at the center of the universe. It agreed with what was taught by the Church and was accepted by all. However Copernicus said the universe was heliocentric, the sun is at the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it. The Church was not happy since it went against its teachings, but Galileo set up an astronomical telescope and proved the universe was

Over the course of the years, society has been reformed by new ideas of science. We learn more and more about global warming, outer space, and technology. However, this pattern of gaining knowledge did not pick up significantly until the Scientific Revolution. In the sixteenth and seventeenth century, the Scientific Revolution started, which concerned the fields of astronomy, mechanics, and medicine. These new scientists used math and observations strongly contradicting religious thought at the time, which was dependent on the Aristotelian-Ptolemy theory. However, astronomers like Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton accepted the heliocentric theory. Astronomical findings of the Scientific Revolution disproved the fact that humans were

Another important figure in the Scientific Revolution was Galileo Galilei. He was an Italian born professor of mathematics who had a great interest in the workings of the universe. Galileo served as a professor at the University of Padua, and it was during this time that he began to question the accuracy of the Churches representation of the world. Galileo’s approach towards knowledge was much different then the afore mentioned Copernicus. Where as Copernicus presented his finding to the mercy of the church, Galileo wrote his conclusions and left the Roman Catholic Church interpret them as they chose. The very nature of his findings pitted him as an opponent of the church.

Copernicus is a known during the Renaissance as the astronomer who hypothesized that the Earth revolved around the sun in a heliocentric universe. Copernicus’s strong accurate view on the universe was shocking at his time because popular belief was that the Earth was the center of everything and not the sun. If Copernicus’s findings were published during his lifetime, he would have been burned at the stake, but luckily for him, Copernicus published his findings after his death. Copernicus’s idea for the heliocentric universe is a great example of what Renaissance people do. Both Magellan and Copernicus are again like the other Renaissance figures different, but had the same outcome.

Scientific Revolution was a turning point in the European history because it challenged the Catholic Church and its authority. Scientists like Copernicus challenged the theories of the church about universe that Earth centered the Solar System "Geocentric Theory" (Doc 6) and replaced it with the accurate and true theories about universe that Sun centered the Solar System "Heliocentric Theory". Scientists reshaped church's beliefs about Spiritual things in the universe (Doc 1). There were only heavenly bodies in the universe like Sun, Moon, Plants and Stars. Scientific Revolution changed the status of Women. Women were sharing their ideas and reason's for things and played a important role in the Scientific Revolution.

The scientific revolution started in around 1543. The scientific revolution was a time period where there were developments in math,biology,chemistry,and astronomy. This led to people such as Nicholas Copernicus and Issac Newton creating things such as calculus and the idea of a heliocentric solar system. These people were key figures in the scientific revolution. Because of this time period of learning everyone from the rich to the poor were effected during and after the Scientific Revolution.

The Scientific Revolution was an era where Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei. Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler challenged the status quo, and where many discoveries that would change the way people thought about everything including the universe were made. Before the Scientific Revolution happened, many Europeans only believed in what the church said, but the revolution unveil new answers based on science; totally the opposite of what the church had adopted in earlier years. This period became the foundation of thinking in a different way, and the Enlightenment relied on those new perspectives to expand other theories that would forever change life.

During the 1500s, thinkers applied the scientific method to the pursuit of knowledge, encouraging many others to uncover many unknown features. The heliocentric model of the world was just one important breakthrough that was introduced during

A Polish scientist brought a new idea that would make many people think. “Nicolaus Copernicus believed that the center of the Universe was the sun or the Heliocentric View” (Document D). This illustrates that many people discovered new aspects of science. As a result, more ideas will spark from others, coming off of Nicolaus’s new speculation. Next, the famous “Renaissance Man” studies this sophisticated topic.

The Scientific Revolution was during the 16th and 17th centuries, in which new astronomy changed many peoples thought the process and the methods within society. The Revolution was a major milestone in the mental evolution of man and is responsible for the change of science as we know it today. Nicolaus Copernicus and Isaac Newton were two of many intellectuals who made a major contribution to the changing of thoughts, methods and challenged the inspirational viewpoint of the Catholic church with logical reasoning during these times. Nicolaus Copernicus is a Polish astronomer, who put forth the heliocentric theory that the sun lies at the center of the universe and the planets revolve around the sun (Sheila Rabin "Nicolaus Copernicus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)."). His theory challenged the geocentric view of the universe, in which other astronomers believed the earth was the center of the solar system, and the planets and sun revolved around it.

One of the beliefs that shifted during the Renaissance was that people realized the solar system was heliocentric. Ptolemy, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, came up with the geocentric universe where the sun and all the planets revolve around the Earth. In his universe, there is also a home for their Deity in the outer rings. Later, Copernicus created the heliocentric universe model with the sun at the center and all the planets revolving around it. Ptolemy represents the pre-Renaissance thinking that the world had at the time.

The Scientific Revolution was a period when new scientific ideas where introduced into society. The Scientific Revolution laid down a foundation in which modern science is heavily based on. An influential figure of the Scientific Revolution is Sir Isaac Newton. He made many advancements in the field of science and mathematics, he discovered Gravity, developed the three basic laws of motion, and co-development of Calculus. Isaac Newton did several thing that positively affected the scientific community during the Scientific Revolution and still affect society today, he recognized the three laws of motion, discovered gravity, and co-developed calculus.

The Copernican Revolution involves the exchange of a “geocentric” worldview to a “heliocentric” view and is inseparably linked to the “scientific revolution” of the seventeenth century movement that represents a renewal of all scientific knowledge of the time. Contrary to popular belief, the “idea that the Earth was round” was written by many ancient Greek texts, and was supported by many philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato, Pythagoras, Archimedes, Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, among others. (Cohen, 30) During the

Alan Francis Chalmers is an associate professor who works extensive in the history and philosophy of science (physical). Alan Chalmers has taught at the University of Sydney since 1971, first in the School of Philosophy, and from 1987 at the Unit for the History and Philosophy of Science. He attained a B.Sc. in physics at the University of Bristol, and his M.Sc. in physics from the University of Manchester. His Ph.D. on the electromagnetic theory of J.C. Maxwell was granted by the University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Humanities in 1997. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Flinders Philosophy Department since 1999.