HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Deferent And Epicycle, Industrial Revolution, Organum

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Problem 2 through the lens of a new science (scientific. The word psychology didn"t appear in literature until around 1500. Scientific revolution= series of discoveries in the 17th century, involving galileo, descartes and newton that enhanced the status of science in society. There ware 3 major critical insights in this period that contributed to the advancement of science (for 2 and 3 see next problem) From geocentric to heliocent ric (1: the julian calendar was getting out of phase w/ reality replacement w/ the. Gregorian calendar, one of the people who contributed to this happening was nicolaus. Copernicus (1473-1543: the geocentric model of the universe of the 16th century earth is at the centre. The catholic church and islamic faith adopted this view of the universe: copernicus"s alternative heliocentric model: sun, mercury, venus, earth, Up until around 1833 learned men interested in science called themselves natural philosophers.