Scientific Revolution
Austin B. 6pd
Who were the people associated with the change?
nicolaus copernicus
copernicus was polish astronomer that said the geocentric model didn't explain movements of the sun,moon and planets. After studying this problem for 30 years, he proposed a new model for the universe-The heliocentric model
johannes kepler
His observations proved the heliocentric model of the universe was true. kepler also proposed three laws of planetary motion based upon his observations
Galileo Galiel
an italian math professor who set out to prove many of aristotles theories about nature were wrong. galileo used the telescope to study sunspots , the moons surface, and jupiters moons. the church did not agree with his work. they wanted him to stop working.
How did the change impact society at the time?
It made people understand the cause of day and night by discovering that the earth, as well as other planets, rotates daily on their axes.
How is that change evidence in todays modern society
Its evidence today gives us day and night and helps us with the calendar