Thursday, September 18, 2008

Copernicus and the trial of galileo

The Geocentric theory was the belief that the earth is the center of the universe which was formed by acient greek philosopher, aristotle. This was also greatly believed in the church as well which in those times were a great and powerful force. Although there was never any evidence to prove this theory is was widely believed.

Then at one time a man named Copernicus who scientifically explained how many celestial events occured without the earth at the center of the universe. He, though bringing large amounts of evidence, was for the most part swept aside and pushed away by the church for having a different idea. After the time of Copernicus tested many other ideas which then began a scientific revolution in acient greece.

The one man who stood out of all these people was Galileo. He was a man who, without a doubt, proved that the earth wasn't the center of the universe and even showed how the sun is the actual center of the universe. this idea came to be known as the heliocentric theory. With all this evidence the church became outraged because someone was going against their ideas and was excommunicated; not allowed to interact with anyone connected to the church in anyway,which at the was was everyone. This event is what gave future scientists strength to come up with their own ideas and bring us to the true scientific age.

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