Scientific Revolution
What "Giants" do you stand on the shoulder of
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What does the quote "If I have seen further, it is by standing on ye shoulders of giant men"
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What are pieces of evidence that support the claim "The Scientific Revolution was greatly impacted by scientific discovery outside Europe before the scientific revolution
1. Greek,roman and Muslims set the foundation of the scientific revolution 2. The ideas and techniques were passed around from the Mediterranean world from one golden age to another 3. Trade between the ottoman empire and Europe and byzantine scholars who left Constantinople for Italy after after the ottoman empire conquered it in 1453 led to the rediscovery of Greek and roman text 4.Muslims scholars made great strides in science and their ideas were shared with Europeans which contributes to the scientific revolution.
What Philosophers does Magnus cite to support his arguments, where were they from
Avicenna- Muslim Algazel- Arab Ptolemy-Greek Albuminous- Persian
What new ideas did the Arabs suggest for Ptolemy ideas
Created a geocentric model which better showed the movements of the planets
How did Vesalilus go beyond galens and mansors findings
Dissected a human body which led to a more detailed depiction every created
How did vesalius build on mansors observations
Dissected human bodies
How did Mansor build upon galens ideas
His drawings include bones muscles nerves veins and arterys
Did Copernicus support Ptolemy's ideas about the solar system? What new ideas did he suggest
No, he proposed a heliocentric model which said the sun was the middle and not the Earth
Did Arabs support Ptolemy's ideas about the solar system
No, they doubted and a Muslim scholar (Ibn Al-haytham) wrote a book "Doubts about Ptolemy" They suggested ways to improve on it
What methods does magnus use to find about the true nature of comets
Observing and Inferring
What did galen base his drawings of the human body on
Pigs and Apes
How did mansor go beyond galens findings
Talks about a fetus
What was Ptolemy theory about the solar system
That everything revolved around the earth (Center)
What limited Galens understanding of the human body
The roman law-cannot dissect human bodies