Even as a student, he could not tolerate superstition or claims not backed up by proof, preferably mathematical (Levinger 8). ... Galileo claimed to have seen mountains on the Moon, to have proved the Milky Way was made up of tiny stars, and to have seen four small bodies orbiting Jupiter (History of Mathematics). ... Suddenly, scientists were faced with mathematical calculations, as opposed to simply fervent speculation, in support of the heliocentric theory of the universe. ... Another factor is that the Catholic Church continued to allow him to teach Copernicanism as a mathema...
For many centuries, there was very little scientific advancement due to a restraint the Catholic Church had over Europe during the Middle Ages, but this all changed during The Scientific Revolution. During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church had created a system of beliefs based on the teachings of ancient Greeks and Romans. These beliefs were incorporated into a religious doctrine and violation of this doctrine would result in severe punishment of the individual from the Church. It was because of this fear of the Church that people chose to believe whatever was told to them, rather than t...
What if everything in the world which is thought to be factual knowledge turns out to be false? Discoveries like these are unsettling, and they can provoke questions about the possibility of knowledge itself. People can be wrong about so many things, but how can we be certain about anythin...
In this article it talks about 10 discovery methods that you could implement into the classroom. It goes over each of the 10 methods and gives an example of how they would be used in a certain setting. The article talked about how this discovery could cause a problem for the students. The quot...
Brownian Motion In 1827, the English botanist Robert Brown noticed that pollen grains suspended in water jiggled about under the lens of the microscope, following a zigzag path such as the picture on page three. Brown had discovered what is now known as Browian motion or Browian movement. E...
Food Waste in the UK Introduction According to the 'UK Love Food Hate Waste' approximately 7 million tonnes of food and drinks from homes in the United Kingdom are being wasted every year. Of this, more than half of the food products that are wasted are still perfectly fine to eat or drink. This is a large amount of food which is being thrown out. The act of throwing food out is a terrible though, but there are also several bad consequences to the wastefulness of food. One rather large consequence of food waste is the economic loss. ...