HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Ptolemy
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Galileo Galilei
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Johannes Kepler
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Detailed explanation-1: -Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Giusto Sustermans, 1636 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) improved the telescope, with which he made several important astronomical discoveries, including the four largest moons of Jupiter, the phases of Venus, and the rings of Saturn, and made detailed observations of sunspots.
Detailed explanation-2: -Astronomy made great contributions to the scientific Revolution because of these inventions. For example, a telescope is what helped astronomers observe the solar system. It’s an invention that is still used today. Ptolemy was an ancient astronomer who had a theory that the sun and all the other planets orbited earth.
Detailed explanation-3: -Medieval scientists were known as “natural philosophers.” They did not make observations of the natural world. They relied on a few ancient philosophers, especially Aristotle, for their scientific knowledge.
Detailed explanation-4: -Francis Bacon. Bacon (1561-1626) was one of the great philosophers of the Scientific Revolution. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. Borelli (1608-1679) was the foremost thinker of the era on human mechanics. Robert Boyle. Tycho Brahe. Otto Brunfels. Giordano Bruno. Nicolas Copernicus. Rene Descartes. More items