ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Natural Science, The Mechanical Universe, Deferent And Epicycle
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Task 2 through the lens of new. Chapter 2 the scientific revolution of the 17th century. The renaissance gained important because of 3 main factors: 2- many things on earth can be understood as complicated machines. 3- many movements can be described with mathematic equations (laws of physic) These 3 developments and those that should follow are summarised as the scientific revolution. Scientific revolution = name given to a series of discoveries in the seventeenth century, involving. Galilei, descartes and newton, that enhanced the status of science in society: from a geocentric to a heliocentric model of the universe. The model of the universe that was used in the sixteenth century was originally the model proposed by aristotle (who built on others) and ptolemy. This geocentric model pictured the earth in the centre around the earth circled the wandering stars, starting with the moon, followed by. Mercury, venus, the sun, mars, jupiter and saturn.
