HIST 1123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ottoman Empire, Social Darwinism, Louis Pasteur
24 Aug 2016
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It takes some time to get to the lower rungs of the people. They are asking new questions about how the universe is organized and structured. Put the earth at the center of the universe and that there were 10 spheres revolved around the earth. Nicolaus copernicus (1473-1543) comes up with the heliocentric theory. Sun was motionless at the center of the universe. There was no known spot of where god and heaven was. This contradicted scripture (story in joshua about how god told the sun to stand still) Johannes kepler (1571-1630) german mathematician and astronomer. It wasn"t a perfect circular movement rather elliptical. First european to make systematic observation of the heavens by means of a telescope. Found out there were mountains on the mood and there were four moons that went around jupiter and discovered sunspots. The universe is made up of material just as the earth is. Revelations was published in a book - the starry messenger.
