NATS 1745 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Galilean Moons, Firmament, Scientific Revolution
27 Oct 2017
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The scientific revolution was the emergence of modern science during the early modern period. When developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology including human anatomy, and chemistry. Key figures are copernicus, brahe, kepler, galileo, newton. Goes from mid 1500s to early 1700s in this order. Time just before and just after the renaissance. We can learn the laws of physics by applying experiment and mathematics to derive reproducible results. Experiments enable development of new theories that can be tested by further experiment. Any theory which does not provide predictions that match experimental results and which is not reproducible is discarded. Laws of physics are universal and apply in all places and times. Aristotelian physics and geocentric model become part of the christian worldview. Original version was that planets move or revolve around the sun. Died in 1543 in same year work heliocentric theory was published. Where or when he came up theory unknown.
