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Astrology is not a science from ranfuchs ^Pro 399 days old

Using theoretical models to discover unknown planets reinforced Newton’s theory of universal gravitation and proved its usability. Had astronomers ...

Gravity: a true scientific theory from ranfuchs ^Pro 510 days old

As we have seen, testability is crucial for any scientific theory. However, as crucial as it might be, it is not enough to test a theory against the ...

The inquisition strikes back from ranfuchs ^Pro 628 days old

Kepler's contemporary, the Italian scientist and astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), in his most renowned experiment dropped two bodies of different ...

The deathblow to the perfect circle from ranfuchs ^Pro 630 days old

Claiming that the sun was at the centre of the universe, Copernicus directly challenged the Church's sacred worldview, which was based on the Aristotelian ...

Copernicus and the Church from ranfuchs ^Pro 635 days old

As we have seen in our last posting in this blog Copernicus, who postulated a model in which the sun was at the centre of the universe. knew that ...

The Birth of Modern Science from ranfuchs ^Pro 650 days old

Unlike most other studies, the study of alchemy did not challenge the Church’s view of the world and could, therefore, be practiced. For over 900 ...