HISTORY 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Elizabeth Eisenstein, Nicolaus Copernicus, Sidereus Nuncius
7 Jun 2017
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4 qualities = heat, cold, dryness, moistness. Astrologer: interpret movements, changes in cosmos (nostradamus, 1566, john dee, Greek authorities: aristotle (322 bc), ptolemy (2nd c) Humanism and the notion of human dignity and world as a glorious creation . Printing press; historian elizabeth eisenstein, the printing evolution. Planet"s orbit the sun in an elliptical motion. The speed of the planet increased the closer it is to the sun. Planets with larger orbits slower than planets with smaller orbits. The starry messenger (1610: surface of moon imperfect, sunspots visible for first time, 4 satellites circulating jupiter, sun span on its own axis. Galileo & controversy (1610-1632) (1616) denounced by roman inquisition. The assayer (1623: knowledge of nature acquired through observation and mathematics (1632) dialogue concerning the two chief world systems, ptolemaic and copernican . The four humours (blood, yellow and black bile, phlegm) Andreas vesalius (1564): on the fabric of the human body .
