Renaissance+and+Reformation+Science


 * [[image:reniassancecopernicus.jpg width="291" height="264"]] || [[image:image_of_galileo_world_history.jpg width="205" height="282"]] ||
 * In this engraving it is showing that the sun is the center of the universe. This is known as the heliocentric theory. The theologian and astromoner, Nicolas Copernicus came up with idea, going against the beliefs of the teachings of Ptolemy. Ptolemy's teachings were used for 1,400 years before Copernicus, saying that the Earth was the center of the universe and the planets and sun revolved around it. The idea of heliocentrism also went against the Christian belief, but was eventually proved to be true. || This is an image of Galileo Galilei, a well known figure of the scientific revolution. He also invented the telescope, and then dicovered the moon has craters and Jupiter has 4 moons. Being a philospher and mathematician he applied his knowledge to his theories to nature. He was a supporter of Copernicus's heliocentric idea. Some of Galileo's ideas had controversy with the Catholic church, and when he continued publishing books about his ideas of science he was put into house arrest for the rest of his life. ||