Scientific Revolution
By: Lizbeth Segovia 5th Period
What was the change?
Who were the people associated with this change?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer that began to question the Greek idea of the earth being in the center of the Earth. This polish astronomer wanted to know the movements of the sun, moon, and planets, which were not explained enough in the geocentric theory created by Aristotle and Ptolemy. He believed in an ancient Greek idea where they thought that the sun was at the center of the universe. After years of careful observations he finally proved that everything in the universe revolved around the sun. Although he made an important discovery he did not publish his theory, because he feared that many scholars would reject this theory because of their religious believes, and feared that they would persecute him. He finally decided to publish his discoveries in 1543, which was the last year he lived.