At this point in western history, europeans believed that the universe was a closed space bounded by a spherical dome and beyond it there was nothing. ... He concluded that there is no center of the universe, the Earth isnt the center of the universe, the center of the universe is near the sun, the rotation of earth accounts for the rotation of the stars, the apparent annual cycle of movements of the sun is caused by the Earth revolving round, and the apparent retrograde motion of the planets is caused by the motion of the Earth from which one observes. ...

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Throughout history, people have debated whether or not the Renaissance was a period of revolutionary change. ... Copernicus discovered that the sun was the center of the cosmos, not earth and that earth rotated on its axis every 24 hours. ... Galileo Galilei discovered that the sun was the center of the universe and immovable. ...

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In attempting to make sense of the earth's motion, particularly its position in the space (regardless the significance of the term at the time), people have spent uncalculated amount of efforts to make observations throughout the history. ... The reward is sets of mathematics-based observations, including providing an explanation to epicycles, circular planetary orbits around the sun and finally, the establishment of the heliocentric theory. ... He had all formerly discovered planets orbit around the sun in exactly the same position as Copernicus', yet persisted the traditional eart...

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People of the time worshiped the sun and the moon so God creating the sun and the moon on the fourth day had a greater meaning than the other creation stories. ... The bible is not a science book or a history book. ...

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Newton's life and work are, in fact, among the most interesting in history. ... Copernicus, to the consternation of the Church in particular, asserted that it was the sun around which our planet revolved, not the sun around the earth as was held by the Church . ... With the advent of the Copernican theory that the sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe people were torn from their Middle Age intellectual darkness and placed under the glaring lights of reality. ... Newton was particularly concerned with the manner in which planets maintained their course around the sun and th...

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The Almagest is the earliest of Ptolemy's works and gives in detail the mathematical theory of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets. ... His most important and earliest works is called the Almagest, which gives detail of the mathematical theory of the motions of the Sun, Moon, and planets. ... In addition to his well-known works in astronomy, Ptolemy was very important in the history of geography and cartography. ...

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"It was turmoil and confusion and not calm assurance that marked the growth of the mind, and when the dust began to clear, quantum physics emerged as not only a vital and rapidly developing field of science, but as one of the greatest intellectual achievements in the history of human thought. ... The axis of history. ... Giordano Bruno, asserted that matter "is in truth all nature and the matter of all living things," and declared that God "is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, but in a thousand, I say, in an infinity of worlds, "he was tied to an iron stake ...

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The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment Period ignited a great expansion of revolutionary concepts as some of history's greatest thinkers emerged. ... The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment pierced the history of the world with an unforgettable sensation that eradicated the previous numbness of humanity and replaced it with an endless flourishing of imaginative aspirations that forever evolved the course of European political, religious, and social existence. ... As the human mind continuously excavates deep within the crevices of occurrences of the past and meanders ac...

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The first few chapters of the book describe the history of cosmological thought, from the Greek philosophers and scientists to the modern times. ... Furthermore, the book details the history of the universe from the initial microsecond into the future. ... It then progresses to sections entitled "The Planets", "Sun and Stars", "Nebulae and Galaxies", which interweave description and explanation to reveal the formation, evolution and function of each aspect of the universe. ...

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Now we know that each black hole starts out as a star about ten times the size of the sun. ... His books include "A Brief History of Time", and " Black holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays." ...

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However, in order to keep the sun god alive and functioning, they must have a blood sacrifice. ... The ancient Mexican myths are false because they are based more off of past tradition and history rather than having the gods or God guide them. ...

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For many years time travel was the stuff of science fiction. This was all just part of the world's imagination until recently. Scientists now believe that the current laws of physics allow us to travel though time. They believe that we can now travel back to see our founding fathers sign the declara...

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