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During this time many people began to look into what we call “magic”. Many leaned towards the process of Alchemy, which Is the belief that matter could be transformed by secret mixtures and formulas. It isn’t surprising that many Greeks grew fond of the idea of alchemy, as many Greeks grew up hearing the story of King Midas turning everything he touched into gold. So the though of harnessing that power allured them
Those who broke away from the ways of magic and alchemy gave way to innovation; with new breakthroughs in engineering, navigation and architecture just to name a few. These new innovations gave way to new instruments such as the telescope and the microscope.
(first compound microscope)
Now, Copernicus was an interesting
one. He was a phenomenal
mathematician and he even studied at
five different academies in five
different cities. He stated, even
though that he had year of math in his
head, that Ptolemy’s geocentric model
was too complex. This is where
Copernicus got the original idea for
the model of “Heliocentricity” or a
model of the universe where the sun is
in the middle and the planets revolve
around it. His ideas were even
adopted during the formation of the
Julian Calendar.
One of the greatest astronomers of his time, Galileo
Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy February 15th, 1564. He
was inspired by the study of motion and created the
LAW OF PENDULUMof which he used to explain why and old lamp in a church would sway side to side; little did he know he would stumble on to the study of Earth’s rotation.
THE ASTRONOMY PART!
He discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons and our
own moon has mountains!
Io Europa Callisto Ganymede
You all know how the
story goes. One day Isaac
Newton was in his garden
at Woolsthorpe,
contemplating under a
tree about his studies. He
was wondering exactly
what held the universe
together and what keeps
planets in orbit. And
then… Bonk!
He became the first to combine Astronomy and physics.
He created a system of three laws to govern motion
throughout Earth, the solar system, and the entire
universe.
Rule 1: In the absence of force, motion continues in a
straight line
Rule 2: The rate of change of motion is determined by the
forces acting upon it
Rule 3: The action and reaction between two bodies are
equal and opposite.
To arrive at these three laws he needed to define
the concept of mass, force and inertia.
A balance between all of these, he said, can explain
how the planets, satellites, and stars act upon one
another.
Even though people criticized him for his work,
claiming it wasn’t original he said“If I have seen further it is by standing on the
shoulders of giants”.
HIS PERSONAL LIFE
Newton maintained a comfortable social and
economic status while staying in London.
He was elected president of the Royal Society after
Robert Hooke’s death
He never married, even though he was engaged as
a teenager
SCIENTISTS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
Kepler helped confirm
Copernicus’ heliocentric model and
developed laws on planetary motion
William Harvey discovered veins
and arteries as well as accurately
describing the actions of the heart;
he also created the first complete
theory of blood circulation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Chambers, Mortimer. The Western Experience.
Ninth ed. N.p.: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2006.
Print.
Hatch, Robert A. "Isaac Newton Biography -
Newton's Life, Career, Work - Dr Robert A.
Hatch." Web.clas. N.p., 30 Nov. 1999. Web. 19 Dec.
2012.
Weisstein, Eric. "Harvey, William." Wolfram
Research. N.p., 2007. Web. 18 Dec. 2012.