HISTORY 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Calculus, Carbonated Water, Binomial Theorem
28 Nov 2016
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The enlightenment in america and the declaration of independence. God, nature, society: reason, order, freedom of mind, humanitarians. Shorthand to describe how thought moved into the modern world. Following on the heels of the scientific revolution (17th century) Could know the laws governing everything: including people. Special meaning in the colonies and the united states. Founders of united states products of the enlightenment -- meaning part of this way/style of thought. Studied motion of the planets, and reversed more than 1,000 years of belief. According to copernicus, the sun, not the earth is the center of the universe. Who agreed with copernicus called before the catholic court. Laws of planetary motion -- turned copernicus"s sun-centered system into a dynamic universe with sun pushing the planets around in elliptical orbit. He referred to them as reflected god"s design for the universe . The universe contained the marks of divine planning.
