HIST 121 Lecture Notes - Intuit, Empiricism, Scientific Revolution
1 Dec 2012
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Ptolemy: provided the mathematics that provided the ability to predict the movement of the planetary bodies. Tycho brahe 1546-1601: stated sun moved around the earth, and all other planets move around the sun, 1577 he saw a comet, located it in the vicinity of venus (where comets were not supposed to be). He expected there to be no change above the moon. Science today: our view of the universe is correct the best form of our knowledge today, future generations may one day look at our view of the world and think of it as primitive and inaccurate. Johannes kepler: discovered elliptical forces, but not why . In 1616 the church placed galileo"s book on the index of forbidden. Books and ordered to cease his work: galileo upheld copernican theory, was placed under house arrest, he was the first to separate physics from philosophy and religion.
