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Attempts to describe
heavenly motion
Paradigm
Universe is perfect
and unchanging.
Contrast with
imperfect,
changing earth
Aristotles Universe
Pythagorean Constraints
Problems in Describing
Heavenly Motion
Motion of the Sun
Stationary earth no
revolution around sun
No parallax: apparent
shift in position due to
motion of observer
Could be explained if
Universe is very large,
or if the earth didnt
move
waste of space
Earth at the
Center
immobile
Sun and all
heavenly bodies
circle the earth
Simple circles
do not explain
retrograde
motion
Epicycles and
Equants: circles
revolving around an
invisible revolving
point
Ptolomy is still
dominant model
Reaction to Copernicus
Augustines Axiom
When a demonstrated
scientific fact
contradicts a literal
interpretation of
scripture, the scripture
should be interpreted
metaphorically
Was the Copernican
Cosmology a
demonstrated fact?
1592 Professor of
Mathematics at
Padua
Did studies in
Astronomy and
Engineering
Designed and built
best telescope of
the time
Galileos Findings
Danish Royal
Astronomer
Assembled most
accurate data on
heavenly motion
Revised and
proposed partial
heliocentric
(heraclitus) model
Keplers System
Summary of Models
Attack on authority
Priesthood of all believers
Authority comes from Gods Word, not passed
down through Popes, so words very important