scietific revolution in europe

Aristotle through Newton.... When comparing the views presented by both Aristotle and Copernicus, one must consider the circumstances under which these men lived to understand the differences. The most obvious of these is the time in history. Aristotle came almost 2000 years earlier in the astronomy field. While Copernicus had set out to glorify the great religion of his time, Aristotle’s views came 200 years before Christ was even born! Although the book gives the impression …showed first 75 words of 1447 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1447 total…Isaac Newton who finally published in his Principia the “Universal Gravitation Theory” and other laws of motion which explained the motion of every item and object in the universe, from Kepler’s elliptical orbits to Galileo’s metal balls. By combining the observation and theories from those before him, he was able to use the scientific method to mathematically derive this “synthesis”, which led some to call him the “Supreme genius of the scientific revolution.