During the Renaissance in Italy‚ many architectural‚ artistic‚ and scientific advances were made. One of the main studies/ideas during the Renaissance was Humanism. Humanism is the study and importance of the human being. Scientists such as Galileo‚ Copernicus‚ and Vesalius were all born during Renaissance in Italy‚ and their ideas are still relevant in our lives today. William Shakespeare is one of the most well known writers in history‚ and he was born during the Italian Renaissance. Life during Renaissance
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our greatness coms with misunderstood as well as it’s our truth. So he writs “‘Ah‚ so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.’ — Is it so bad‚ then‚ to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood‚ and Socrates‚ and Jesus‚ and Luther‚ and Copernicus‚ and Galileo‚ and Newton‚ and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood‚”(138). Therefore‚ after I’ve read “Self-Reliance” I felt that Emersons’life contained lots of obstacles‚ so he is tries
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What is the Sun mainly made of? 9. What is an astronomical unit? Parsec? Light year? 10. What important discovery did Hubble make about distant galaxies that led us to the conclusion that the universe is expanding? 11. Identify: a. Ptolemy b. Copernicus c. Tycho d. Kepler e. Galileo f. Newton g. Einstein h. Hubble (Tell what each individual discovered; be thorough!) 12. What does E represent in Einstein’s equation E = mc^2? 13. What does the HR Diagram tell us? (Be thorough.) 14. Describe
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Study guide Chapter 23 VIP Identification: 1. Martin Luther 2. John Calvin 3. Henry VIII 4.Charles V 5.Louis XIV 6.Voltaire Key terms: 7. Protestant Reformation 8. Catholic Reformation 9. Thirty Years’ War 10. Spanish Armada 11. Spanish Inquisition 12. Versailles Study questions 1. What theological concerns prompted Martin Luther’s challenge of the Catholic Church? What specific reforms did he advocate?
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James O’Connor: Selling Nature Let’s start by posing a couple of questions. First‚ what is humanity’s relationship to nature? Second‚ what is capitalism? If you stop and think about it‚ there is something odd about the first question. At first glance it appears to be similar to asking “what is your relationship to your car?” This is a question we might ask of somebody who spends too much time customizing his or her car. And the question is reasonable. But what I want you to see is that the question
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up w/ Ptolemaic conception of universe: concentric spheres fixed around an unmoving Earth‚ in the order of moon‚ Merury‚ Venus‚ the sun‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ and fixed stars‚ beyong that was Empyrean Heaven; Christian Ptolemaic universe 3. 463 Copernicus – heliocentric conception of Earth 4. - On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres – Universe: 8 spheres w/ motionless sun at center & sphere of fixed stars at 8th sphere. The planets revolved around sun in order of Mercury‚ Venus‚ Earth‚ Mars
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Unit One: The Italian Renaissance Review Sheet 1. People to know: -Savonarola-gained power in Florence in 1494. Exercised strict rule until overthrown in 1498 -Julius II-The Warrior Pope. Led armies against the French and Venetians -Tudors (why powerful?)- Edward IV Richard IIHenry VII. Used Star Chamber against nobles and Henry VII rebuilt monarchy -Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile (Inquisition why?)-Marriage created union of Spain. Completed Reconquista and Inquisition
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considered law. No one could defy its teaching and whoever did so was publicly beheaded. (Sydneyh) It also led to some of the greatest scientific discoveries ever. An example of nonconformity against the church leading to scientific progress was was Copernicus. His interest in astronomy compelled him to conflict with the church’s idea that the Earth was the center of the universe. The arrogance of the church would only of been empowered if no one was ever to voice a different opinion. During this same
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to be true. The geocentric model‚ theorized by Aristotle‚ had the Earth as the center of the planetary system‚ with the sun going around the Earth. Galileo believed the heliocentric model to be the true model. The heliocentric model‚ theorized by Copernicus‚ had the sun in the center of the system‚ with the planets going around the sun. Galileo taught himself how to grind lenses. He invented the telescope and improved it further on. With his improved telescope‚ he could see ships in the sea two hours
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8. In both Hipparchian and Ptolemaic systems‚ the planets are assumed to move in a small circle called an epicycle‚ which in turn moves along a larger circle called a deferent. Both circles rotate clockwise and are roughly parallel to the plane of the Sun’s orbit (ecliptic). Despite the fact that the system is considered geocentric‚ the planets’ motion was not centered on the Earth but on what is called the eccentric. The orbits of planets in this system are epitrochoids. The epicycle rotated and
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