EURO ST 10 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Bertolt Brecht, Celestial Spheres, Berliner Ensemble
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The imperfection of celestial bodies disproved aristotle"s view that they must be perfect because they are in the heavens. Laid the groundwork for newton"s ideas that the same laws applied on earth and in the heavens . The existence of other earthlike bodies revolving around planets and the similarity between the moon and earth disproved the ptolemaic or heliocentric view of the solar system and confirmed the copernican or geocentric model. 1610 he moves to florence (hence the name of the stars revolving around. First allowed to publish on the copernican system (if only a mathematical. But then condemned as heresy and he was under house arrest until his death, 1642. And hence the connections between science and economic forces. Opposed and was forced to leave nazi germany. In exile in norway and then the united states. Was interrogated by huac (house on un-american activities committee) led by joseph macarthy (an anti-communist witch hunt)
