... e of corpuscles, because waves do not tend to travel in straight lines. We will discuss Newton’s Mechanics in section 16, and the nature of light in section 18 2.14 Leibniz and Monadology Gottfried Leibniz (1646-1716 AD) was a prominent German philosopher and mathematician. He ...
... entury, the Copernican and Galilean heliocentric models started to replace the classical ancient worldview, at least by knowledgeable researchers. Between the years 1609-1619, the scientist Johannes Kepler (1571-1630 AD) formulated his three mathematical statements that accurately describe ...
... Therefore, the Polish scientist Nicolai Copernicus (1473-1544 AD) circulated his heliocentric model anonymously, and his book De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestrium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Orbs), was not published until 1543, just one year before his death. In this model, Coperni ...
... ople started to question the previously sacred theological truths, searching for more reasonable answers. This led Francis Bacon (1561-1626) to develop the philosophical basis of the modern SCIENTIFIC METHOD , starting from his belief in the right of man to dominate nature: “to bind h ...
... al phenomena using mathematical equations, supported with experimentation to verify their validity. This marked a major deviation from the qualitative science of Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology. Based on these ideas Galileo was able to develop the mechanics of falling bodies ...
... though they are physically indivisible. Gassendi tried to explain all the qualities of matter and all the phenomena in the universe in terms of atoms and the void. He gave an account of the ENTIRE CREATION , including the heavens, the inanimate and the animate worlds, and the human soul, an ...
... blished until 1543, just one year before his death. In this model, Copernicus postulated that the Sun and the stars are stationary and the Earth and the planets circulated around the Sun in CIRCULAR ORBITS . The Copernican model marked the beginning of modern astronomy and scientific revolu ...
... ntific revolution. It is certainty a remarkable departure from the Ptolemaic system that prevailed for many centuries. Copernicus may have been aware that Aristarchus had already proposed a HELIOCENTRIC THEORY , as we mentioned in section 3 above, and he cited him in an early manuscript of ...
... Final Inquiry Concerning the Rectification of Planetary Theory). The theory of Ibn al-Shatir was identical with that of Copernicus, except for trivial differences in parameters, as we also BRIEFLY DISCUSS ed in section 3 above. 2.11 Galileo Galilei Some years after its publication, t ...
... , by the efforts of St. Aquinas, the Catholic Church was convinced that Aristotelian philosophy is compatible with theology, and they decided to adopt Ptolemy’s geocentric model as a THEOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE , and considered scientists who criticized this model as heretics. Therefore, t ...
... lanets circulated around the Sun in circular orbits. The Copernican model marked the beginning of modern astronomy and scientific revolution. It is certainty a remarkable departure from the Ptolemaic system that prevailed for many centuries. Copernicus may have been aware that Aristarchus ...
... lated that the Sun and the stars are stationary and the Earth and the planets circulated around the Sun in circular orbits. The Copernican model marked the beginning of modern astronomy and SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION . It is certainty a remarkable departure from the Ptolemaic system that prevail ...
equals one only after infinite number of additions, and therefore it actually approaches one but never reaches it! This gives the same conclusion as the previous paradox, that space can not be infinitely divisible, so we shall not need to discuss it further.
The science of Time is a noble science, that reveals the secret of Eternity. Only the Elites of Sages may ever come to know this secret. It is called the First Age, or the Age of ages, from which time is emerging.
