HIST 158 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last LectureI. Society and EconomyII. Science, Technology and ExplorationOutline of Current LectureI. Science, Technology and Exploration (cont’d)a. New scienceb. Discovery and Exploration of the WorldCurrent LectureI. New science/the Scientific Revolutiona. Before this time the Medieval world was seen as finite and heterogeneous b. Copernicus (1473-1543) a Polish scientisti. End of geocentrism (the Earth isn’t at the center of the universe, the sun is)ii. Homogeneous universe (heavenly and earthly spheres didn’t have independent laws of physics)iii. Rupture between observation and scientific evidence (principle of what you can’t see can still exist)iv. Regardless of these advancements, Copernicus still believe the universe remained finite (this made his ideas more acceptable to the public)c. Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)i. First to argue that the universe was infiniteii. Because God is infinite, why wouldn’t the universe be?iii. Bruno was eventually burned at the stake in 1592 because of his radical arguments and his questioning of religion d. Galileo (1564-1642) Italian scientisti. Demonstrated that Copernicus was rightii. Created the telescopeiii. Believed that:1. God wants us to use our gifts in science2. Scripture doesn’t account for many phenomenons and that’s where science steps in3. Both the bible and science come from GodII. Discovery and Exploration of the worldThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.a. Cartography- the practice and study of making mapsb. Jerusalem was in the center of the mapc. Ptolemy (an ancient geographer’s) geography rediscovered i. Italians found his book and distributed it widelyii. It was drawn much smaller than realityiii. It only contained the places he had been or heard ofiv. Ptolemy encouraged readers to go beyond the confines of the history books they had read, explore and find new places to add to his
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