Fahad Al-Saied Prof. Nick Moudry Humanities 102 2\3\2015 Scientific Revolution In chapter 16 “Astronomy and Physics: From Copernicus to Newton,” the two leading figures discussed are Nicolaus Copernicus and Isaac Newton. In particular, Copernicus’s publication of Heavenly Bodies instigated various reactions in astronomy. Whereas Ptolemaic scheme had previously claimed that there existed a finite world centered on a fixed earth, Copernicus maintained that the universe was vastly expanded, non-infinite, and with planets orbiting the sun. At the time, this was a new idea that scientists encountered and began to research on this revolutionary initiative. Interestingly, religious leaders tended to agree with him partially even discrediting heliocentrism, but, they questioned the divine order of humans without the earth being at the centre of the universe. …show more content…
In his Theory of Universal Gravitation, he explained that all objects in the world preempt attraction on all other items. According to Newton, the heavenly bodies create a balanced system in which each attracts the others. Since then, his work Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy has defined science. Apart from, scientific inventions in astronomy, he also invented a mathematical analysis method called calculus. Indeed, it undeniable that the innovations by the two were revolutionary; ostensibly because they have defined science from the time of their conception to date. It is fundamental that both brought to light challenging topics that were near mysteries in the earlier