HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scientific Revolution, Gerolamo Cardano, Pierre Louis Maupertuis
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The scientific revolution was a vast intellectual and cultural transformation that took place in mid 16th and early 17th century in europe. The birth of modern science: geocentric(ptolemy, heliocentric(copernicus) Medieval leaders in science and technology: the islamic world had most science (algebra) Late medieval systems of higher education: europe. Autonomy of universities: the islamic world. Madrassas qu"ran (*holy book of islam*) & religious law: china. Europe"s other advantages: receptiveness to foreign knowledge, new knowledge from around the world, scientific revolution was contemporary with the age of discovery. Girolamo cardano (1500s), certainties will be exchanged by uncertainties . Why was he writing this letter: he was explaining his heliocentric ideas, looking for protection from her. Galileo tries to answer these objections about the earth moving around sun. How convincing is galileo: pretty well, never names a specific opponent. Galileo went and took back his belief and spent his life on house arrest to protect himself.
