The Cosmological Revolution
Scientific Revolution
Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543
Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
Johannes Kepler 1571 -1630
Galileo Galilei 1564- 1642
Isaac Newton 1642- 1726
Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543
Nicolas Copernicus
Nicolas Copernicus wrote a brief statement which essentially said we live in a heliocentric solar system and that the sun is the center of everything. Against the church however the church didn't seem to care that Copernicus was announcing his belief. Because his statement was poorly written so not many people paid attention to it and Copernicus was working on calendar reform, which the church wanted, meaning the church left him alone until he was done with the calendar.
So Copernicus wrote a book about his ideas. The book argued that the Earth revolved around the sun. God would surely find a simple heliocentric universe more pleasing than the complex Ptolemaic model, he wrote. Besides, Copernicus argued, the Pythagorean model, with all the rotating celestial spheres, wasn't logical either. What makes more sense, that the Earth revolves around the sun, or that giant celestial spheres rotate around the Earth at astronomical speeds without breaking apart?
Enemies of Copernicus and the Church criticized his book. Especially the fact that he couldn't explain why the Earth orbits the sun, and his model couldn't provide accurate data. Copernicus didn't get much credit while he was alive, but his idea started to catch on.
Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
Tycho was friends with the king of Denmark, consequently the king gave Tycho a big observatory, which Tycho used to make precise measurements of the stars and planets. Tycho was the first to realize that the sky did change and evolve. Opposite to the church’s teachings that the sky didn't change because God made the sky, and as God was perfect, it was right the first time. Therefore, the sky did not change.
Tycho realized the sky did change when he discovered a comet in 1572. Tycho was good at measuring the paths of
Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543
Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
Johannes Kepler 1571 -1630
Galileo Galilei 1564- 1642
Isaac Newton 1642- 1726
Nicolas Copernicus 1473 - 1543
Nicolas Copernicus
Nicolas Copernicus wrote a brief statement which essentially said we live in a heliocentric solar system and that the sun is the center of everything. Against the church however the church didn't seem to care that Copernicus was announcing his belief. Because his statement was poorly written so not many people paid attention to it and Copernicus was working on calendar reform, which the church wanted, meaning the church left him alone until he was done with the calendar.
So Copernicus wrote a book about his ideas. The book argued that the Earth revolved around the sun. God would surely find a simple heliocentric universe more pleasing than the complex Ptolemaic model, he wrote. Besides, Copernicus argued, the Pythagorean model, with all the rotating celestial spheres, wasn't logical either. What makes more sense, that the Earth revolves around the sun, or that giant celestial spheres rotate around the Earth at astronomical speeds without breaking apart?
Enemies of Copernicus and the Church criticized his book. Especially the fact that he couldn't explain why the Earth orbits the sun, and his model couldn't provide accurate data. Copernicus didn't get much credit while he was alive, but his idea started to catch on.
Tycho Brahe 1546-1601
Tycho was friends with the king of Denmark, consequently the king gave Tycho a big observatory, which Tycho used to make precise measurements of the stars and planets. Tycho was the first to realize that the sky did change and evolve. Opposite to the church’s teachings that the sky didn't change because God made the sky, and as God was perfect, it was right the first time. Therefore, the sky did not change.
Tycho realized the sky did change when he discovered a comet in 1572. Tycho was good at measuring the paths of