HIST115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sidereus Nuncius, Alarm Clock, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
24 Feb 2016
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Lived in torun university of krakow, degree in medicine at padua (meant you were not a good student) Myth he was viewed as someone who went against the roman catholic. Church: was actually the opposite, was trying to help the church incorporate more of the ancient knowledge and interpret it correctly to go back to the original text. Improved ptolemy"s system to make it work with the platonic. Plato all motions in heaven are based on perfect circles. Copernicus system moved the sun into the center, which worked with the. Greek system, fixed stars, platonic perfect circles and no epicycles. Thought it was a much more clear depiction of the universe. Aristarchus heliocentric cosmos: similar to copernicus actually identical! 1543 death of copernicus de revolutionibus orbium coesttium (book: waited until he was on his death bed to publish his book. Started scientific revolution by questioning ancient laws of nature.
