HIST 1250 Lecture Notes - Protestantism, Tychonic System, Andreas Vesalius
7 Dec 2013
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Vesalius taught medicine, but didn"t like lecture style teaching. Students should use their hands, looks at human atomy. Copernicus also wrote a book on human atomy. He is a man of the church, has a minor job with the church. Argues that the sun is at the centre of the universe, and the earth rotates around the sun once a year, and rotates itself every 24 hours. Different planets have different brightness at different times of the year. You can calculate relative distance between planets. Stellar parallax is if the earth is moving around the sun the stars should be in different places. He believed the sun was stationary in the centre of the universe (false) Some scholars dispute whether he actually believed the sun is at the centre of the earth or it"s just easier to do the math. The most influential astronomer of his time.
