History 2403E Study Guide - Final Guide: Tabula Rasa, Earth'S Rotation
27 Feb 2018
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Copernicus: the first person to challenge the idea that the universe was a hierarchy in which the heavens were above all. He suggested that the universe was centered around the sun (heliocentric) rather then earth, and that the earth rotated around its own axis. He did agree that the universe was spherical and mechanical though. His work was not published due to his fear of being labeled a heretic. This suggested that the universe quantitative evidence gave little merit to copernicus" work and it remained very. Kepler: brahe"s assistant who set forth three laws of planetary motion based on was bound by mathematical relationships. Galileo: observed jupiter"s moons orbit as a model of the solar system. Galileo"s discoveries in the area of motion helped acknowledged the universe as one system. His three laws were: stuff doesn"t move society to acknowledge that a wise all-powerful god created the world. Galileo observed the surface geography of the sun and moon.
