HIST 1093 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Nicolaus Copernicus, Heliocentrism, Portolan Chart
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Two causes of the european break with classical scientific tradition. Students had to copy down textbooks before printing press. Scholars had better texts to work with and compare texts more easily. The rising authority and prestige of empiricism, 1400-1500. Realized the greeks didn"t know america was a thing. If europeans couldn"t learn from classical authors how would they find new sources of knowledge empiricism. Master portolans began to be updated in spain and portugal - acceptance of the superiority over pt. Empiricism as the solution to problems not solved by classical science. Rising status of metal working - harder access to metal. European minors developed acid mining, trying to get more precious metals from europe. Enhanced social status and authority of knowledge. Empiricism fixed problem of erosion of classical knowledge. Johannes gutenberg 1398-1468: created the printing press mid 1400s. Movable type printing press: printing press with type that could be rearranged (type more than one thing), each letter cast separately.
