Scientific Revolution:Galileo Vs. Copernicus
What came first, the chicken or the egg? Obviously the egg. You can't have a chicken if you don't have an egg. Since copernicus first invented and researched his idea, he had more of an impact than galileo who added onto copernicus. If copernicus never had this idea, galileo's telescope could have never been hatched aka invented. Now it's not that Galileo Isn't important, it's just that copernicus had more of an impact with his heliocentric theory whereas galileo improved the idea. copernicus's heliocentric view, that the sun was at the center of the universe. Really changed people's thinking. If it weren't for this idea then kepler would of never discovered the planets orbit in a circular motion. Copernicus's idea opened the door for many other philosophers to create and provide more new ideas. …show more content…
During this time the Doctrine of religion was Aristotle's theory “the Earth had to be stationary, and the planets, the Sun, and the fixed dome of stars rotated around Earth.” This theory dominated the philosophies of the time. It wasn't until 1515 Copernicus relayed the idea that the earth was a planet that along with the other planets, rotated around the sun. copernicus didn't publish his theory till 1543 because he was most likely afraid of being criticized.
Cupernacisis theory wasn't followed by many until it began to take off when galileo created his famous telescope in 1610. Galileo discovered evidence to support copernicus heliocentric idea. Galileo “ observed four moons in orbit around Jupiter. Beginning on January 7, 1610, he mapped nightly the position of the 4 “Medicean stars” (later renamed the Galilean moons). Over time Galileo deduced that the “stars” were in fact moons in orbit around
What came first, the chicken or the egg? Obviously the egg. You can't have a chicken if you don't have an egg. Since copernicus first invented and researched his idea, he had more of an impact than galileo who added onto copernicus. If copernicus never had this idea, galileo's telescope could have never been hatched aka invented. Now it's not that Galileo Isn't important, it's just that copernicus had more of an impact with his heliocentric theory whereas galileo improved the idea. copernicus's heliocentric view, that the sun was at the center of the universe. Really changed people's thinking. If it weren't for this idea then kepler would of never discovered the planets orbit in a circular motion. Copernicus's idea opened the door for many other philosophers to create and provide more new ideas. …show more content…
During this time the Doctrine of religion was Aristotle's theory “the Earth had to be stationary, and the planets, the Sun, and the fixed dome of stars rotated around Earth.” This theory dominated the philosophies of the time. It wasn't until 1515 Copernicus relayed the idea that the earth was a planet that along with the other planets, rotated around the sun. copernicus didn't publish his theory till 1543 because he was most likely afraid of being criticized.
Cupernacisis theory wasn't followed by many until it began to take off when galileo created his famous telescope in 1610. Galileo discovered evidence to support copernicus heliocentric idea. Galileo “ observed four moons in orbit around Jupiter. Beginning on January 7, 1610, he mapped nightly the position of the 4 “Medicean stars” (later renamed the Galilean moons). Over time Galileo deduced that the “stars” were in fact moons in orbit around