DANCEST 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Jigsaw Puzzle, Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientific Revolution
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The scientific revolution of the 17th century and its aftermath. Until 1500: word psychology did not appear in literature. Scientific revolution: discoveries in 17th century (galilei, descartes, newton enhanced status of science in society) Many things on earth (human body) could be understood as complicated machines. Many movements on earth + in universe could be described with mathematical equations. From a geocentric to a heliocentric model of the universe. Universe is a limited universe with earth in middle; surrounded by fixed stars. Between earth and fixed stars: seven wandering stars (moon, mercury, venus, sun, mars, Model of universe in which sun is center. First the sun, then mercury, venus, the earth (orbited by the moon), followed by mars, One turn of earth around sun took one year (instead of daily orbit of sun around earth) Earth spun around its axis in one day, causing alternation of day & night + movement of fixed stars.
