In 425 BC, Democritus was suggesting ideas that were hundreds of years ahead of him. He suggested that everything was made up of atoms. He suggested that atoms were small hard particles, were a single material formed into different shapes and sizes, they are always moving and they join together to form different materials. But due to no real proof he was considered a fool and that he was crazy.…
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Hypothesis according to Aristotle (350 BC): All matter consists of the elements earth, air, fire, and water.…
In the beginning scientists and religious men of their era tried to explain the universe both biblically and scientifically. One of the foremost Greek scientists was Aristotle; taught by Plato, that the circle and sphere are the two most perfect shapes in a 2 and 3 dimensional universe, Aristotelian system placed Earth at the center of the universe; and all other heavenly bodies revolved around the earth in crystalline orbitals.…
New ideas were developed, processes changed, and the culture in Europe started moving away from superstition and into the scientific processes. We typically think of the scientific revolution as a change in natural science and technology but it was really a series of changes in human knowledge within Europe itself. In various fields of scientific study they sought rational explanations to these beliefs with astronomy, anatomy, and physics. In the field of astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus rejected the view of pagan Greeks that the planets rotated around the earth and said that they actually rotated around the sun. Galileo, seeking to understand the verse, "God is light", determined that our sun is only one of many in the known universe. Later Isaac Newton developed the idea that the universe is mechanical and there are laws that cause the world to operate predictably. Many of his theories gave the world of science a better understanding of mathematics and physics. Along with the many new discoveries, observation changed the methods of experimentation. The scientific method was developed and allowed people to test ideas and perform experiments in controlled conditions to help them understand the natural world. This brought on new inventions such as the telescope, microscope, and thermometer, which helped to further expand knowledge and experimentation.…
He believed that this was not the order of the universe. He believed that this concept put too much of a limitation on the "gods" and that they possessed unlimited power. He claimed that the earth was not made of atoms and that there was no smallest part of matter. Aristotle affirmed that all of the material on Earth were composed of four elements: Earth, Water, Fire, and Air and that Democritus's views were worthless. He believed that these elements moved either up or down, fire being the lightest, and earth being the heaviest. In Addition, Aristotle added a fifth element that all heavenly bodies were contrived from. He stated that this particular element could turn economical metals into pure gold and cure disease and old age. This instituted alchemy, which was the pursuit of the fifth the element.Majority of people supported Aristotle's idea causing Democritus's idea to be overlooked for about 2,000 years Later, Aristotle's view was proven to be incorrect and his teaches are no longer present in the view of atoms today.…
The ‘heroic model’ of science is one of the most influential phenomena in history. This surge of value-free knowledge, filled with realism, bold justification, absolute truth and complete objectivity, changed the way in which the world was perceived and how the future would be viewed. The ‘heroic model’ changed the rules and ushered western civilization into a new era, filled with wonderfully shocking scientific surprises. The backlash from the ‘heroic model’ was so powerful that it heavily influenced other subjects, such as history.…
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Democritus had a theory that all matters are composed with tiny unbreakable particles called atom. He tried to break down matters into smallest particles. His model was that the matter would stop splitting in halves when it reaches its smallest matter. He called that an atom.…
Note: In the fifth century BCE, around the time when Aristophanes wrote The Clouds, the first stirrings of what today would be considered "scientific theory" were being felt.…
Anaxagoras believed that every different type of mass consists of a make-up of its own particles and particles from all others (Moore & Bruder, 2008, p. 29). Even though the particles that he spoke of could not be considered “atoms”, his ideas are still closely related to modern-day science. Considering the era he lived in, the concepts that he communicated were definitely far advanced considering the time he lived in.…
Galileo discovered the concept of inertia. He proposed that objects in motion did not come to a stop because of a non-existent force, but because of a force between a surface and an object. This concept would later help further develop Newton’s Laws of Motion.…
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Accordingly, he brought metaphysics back home. But it must not be thought that he made it any simpler. The beginning student of Aristotle as well…