ESS102H1 Lecture Notes - Jean Buridan, Georgius Agricola, Algebraic Geometry
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Renaissance (and post-renaissance) in europe: founding of universities: 1088 bologna; paris, pauda, oxford (~1096) and cambridge, heidelberg. 1385: intellectual independence (founded by scholars, not church or state) Jean buridan (paris, 14th century: land mostly on one hemisphere, erosion moves mass from land to ocean, because centre of earth"s mass is centre of universe. Rene descartes (paris 1596-1650: philosopher ( cogito, ergo sum , mathematician (algebraic geometry, earth made of shells: metal, fire, water, air, rock, outer shell of rocks cracked and collapsed into water. Modern empirical science begins: galileo (physics, 1594-1642) Dropped a big rock and a small rock from the top of the leaning tower of pisa to prove that they fall at the same speed: robert boyle (chemist, 1627-1691) Experiments under controlled conditions describe apparatus, procedures, and observations experiment can be repeated by anyone else, ie. conclusions linked to evidence: nicholas steno (geology, 1638-1686_ Elaborated in print on fundamental ideas about rocks.
