MGMT 1050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hans Lippershey, Pope Urban Vii, Rudolphine Tables
20 Jul 2016
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Aristotle said heavier bodies fall faster than lighter ones thought tides go up and down because the earth is rotating under a fixed bulge of water never met kepler, but in contact. Giordano bruno burnt because claimed his own religious ideas. Used telescope to see that the moon is not perfect. Measured acceleration by letting balls roll down a wooden slope. Wrote a book about a debate if the earth is stationary saw jupiter had 4 moons and so earth could move too realized venus appears as a gibbous, but in ptolemy"s system would never happen. In copernicus"s system, possible as it swings on its orbit around the sun. Said bible not used to explain astronomy in 1616 told copernicus"s views can"t be defended his book was banned and told his ideas were false/against holy scripture. Brought to rome in 1633 and told must abandon his sun centered theory house arrest.
