Anthropology 2226A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nicolaus Copernicus, James Hutton, Catastrophism

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2226A/B
• Professor: Ian Colquhoun

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Galilean) moons orbiting jupiter dimensions: x, y points in cartesian planes. 1543: beginnings of a new view of nature. Pre-1543 geocentric model with the moon, the known planets and the sun all orbiting the. 1543 de revolutionibus orbium coelestium (on the revolutions of the heavenly spheres) . Nicholas copernicus heliocentric view with earth, the moon, and the other planets all orbiting the sun. Andresas vesalius publishes the ground breaking de humani corporis fabrica, or the fabric of the. Human body, presenting human dissections in detail for the first time. Empiricism was the most direct way to gain new knowledge through accurate descriptions of things; new knowledge might be established in formalized and generalized ways. Subsequently, the 17th century saw major scientific advancements, ushering in (cid:523)by (cid:883)(cid:888)(cid:887)(cid:882)(cid:524) the (cid:498)age of enlightenment(cid:499)/(cid:499)the age of reason. Galileo galilei (italian astronomer/physicist) 1610 first observes the largest jovian (or, Rene descartes (french mathematician and philosopher establishes system for mapping in two.