Biography Of Nicolaus Copernicus s Discovery Of...

Ages Through Science In Latin America and Europe, people started to question the Catholic Church and began doubting if the Church was abusing their power. After the Scientific Revolution, philosophical thinkers and scientists discovered new theories, such as gravitational physics laws and other opinions written in books. Nicolaus Copernicus’s discovery of heliocentrism transformed astronomy, his writings changed the people’s perspective of the universe further challenging the Catholic Church’s beliefs. Before Copernicus, people made scientific discoveries such as Aristarchus of Samos (310-230 BCE), had already identified the sun as the central unit of the solar system, but his ideas were quickly dismissed due to the overpower of the†¦show more content†¦Most of his theory was correct, but one thing was incorrect, that being the path of orbit is circular. People, during this time, were starting to break out of their shells and learning about new things and ideas, but the Catholic Church, being the basis of life, disapproved. This shows that people wanted to discover and educate themselves, but they couldn’t with the church having power over them. Since Aristarchus’s theory was unprovable during that time since there were no telescopes or satellites, the church quickly dismissed it. In the webpage, â€Å"Nicolaus Copernicus,† it is stated that Aristarchus used the concept of parallax to show that the stars were a very large distance from Earth and to do that he must have expanded the size of the universe enormously. These ideas contradicted what the Bible said, so he was considered a sinner and people didn’t want to agree and fall into the bandwagon. Due to people’s fear of the Church, many people went against their will and didn’t get a chance to discover. During Aristarchus’s time, people suppressed new ideas and became subjects of the church. On the other hand, Aristarchus tried his best to be strong in his ideas, but he didn’t survive. Another astronomer and mathematician before Copernicus was Ptolemy (90-168 AD) who also formed incorrect theories and promoted the Church’s power over the people. In â€Å"Nicolaus Copernicus Biography,† Biography.com editiors wrote that Ptolemy