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Scientific Revolution (Italian scientist and scholar Galileo made…
Scientific Revolution
Italian scientist and scholar Galileo made pioneering observations that laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. His research into the pendulum help to develop the modern clock.
- Galileo invented a extended telescope and proved that the Earth revolves around the Sun and Jupiter had four moons.
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- Galileo proved that all objects fall at the same rate of acceleration.
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Near the end of the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution began. This was a time of great strides in science and mathematics.
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Scientists like Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton made discoveries that would change the world.
- Newton's mother wanted him to be a farmer.
- His unhappy childhood helped shape his secretive personality.
- He had a serious interest alchemy.
- As a professor at Cambridge, his lectures were poorly attended.
Copernicus was an astronomer who lived in the early 1500s. He came up with the idea that the Sun was the center of the universe. This was very different from the current belief that the Earth was the center.
- He was born in 1473 where classical ideas where ascended.
- Copernicus believed that the planets orbited around the sun in a circular motion around the sun in a straight.
- He discovered that Earth was on an axis.
- Copernicus is a reluctant hero.
An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.
- My favorite astronomical clock is the Prague Astronomical Clock because the artwork is beautiful and there are amazing sculptures around it.
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