This is the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemys view
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This is the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy’s view of the universe. How does it differ from ours? Write in complete sentences or lose credit
a new way of thinking about the physical world, using reason, logic & theory testing, which led to modern science. (mid 1500 s)
1492 Columbus reaches America 1492 Copernicus begins Research on the Solar System 1508 1517 1521 1633 Michelangelo Martin Luther Cortés conquers the Galileo stands Begins painting the Begins the Aztec Empire Trial for his ideas Sistine Chapel Protestant Reformation I. New Theories About the Universe - geocentric - view that earth is the center of the universe A. Nicolaus Copernicus - earth was round - Heliocentric - Earth rotates on an axis & around sun. - published work before death
1492 Columbus reaches America 1492 Copernicus begins Research on the Solar System 1508 1517 1521 1633 Michelangelo Martin Luther Cortés conquers the Galileo stands Begins painting the Begins the Aztec Empire Trial for his ideas Sistine Chapel Protestant Reformation I. New Theories About the Universe - geocentric - view that earth is the center of the universe A. Nicolaus Copernicus - earth was round - Heliocentric - Earth rotates on an axis & around sun. - published work after death
1492 Columbus reaches America 1508 1492 Copernicus begins Research on the Solar System 1517 1521 1633 Michelangelo Martin Luther Cortés conquers the Galileo stands Begins painting the Begins the Aztec Empire Trial for his ideas Sistine Chapel Protestant Reformation I. New Theories About the Universe A. Nicolaus Copernicus - earth was round - Heliocentric - Earth rotates on an axis & around sun. - published work before death B. Johannes Kepler - mathematical proof that the planets revolve around the sun AND… - in ellipses.
1492 Columbus reaches America 1492 Copernicus begins Research on the Solar System 1508 1517 1521 1633 Michelangelo Martin Luther Cortés conquers the Galileo stands Begins painting the Begins the Aztec Empire Trial for his ideas Sistine Chapel Protestant Reformation II. Challenging the Church A. Galileo Galilei • confirmed Copernicus’ theory discovered 4 moons of Jupiter • Pope Urban VIII tried him for heresy
How did the heliocentric theory of the universe differ from the geocentric theory?
Why did the Catholic Church reject Galileo’s observations?