HIS244H1 Lecture : Scientific Revolutions
Document Summary
Construction of new knowledge based on the rediscover of antiquity. They thought the earth was at the centre of the universe. It does not require experiments or lots of equipment. Born in torun, poland in 1473 to a wealthy merchant family. His father died when he was 10 so he was placed under the care of his uncle, lucas watzenrode, who would go on to become a bishop. In 1495, he was elected to the post of canon which secured copernicus"s financial position for. He was educated at a number of universities including that of krakow. He studied medicine and had his doctorate in canon law. At this time he was exposed to cosmological ideas. He was reacting against a cosmological vision that was accepted as fact by the main influential life. bodies. This ancient view of universe was first posited by aristotle who said that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
