Slide 1 18 th Century Themes Slide 2 The Enlightenment (18 th C) Slide 3 The Root of the Enlightenment was Actually in the Scientific Revolution of the 16 th and 17 th Century…

Slide 1 A brief History of Astronomy Slide 2 How is science done? Observations Experiments Explanations Theories Laws Repeat Slide 3 Assumptions of Early Models Geocentric…

Slide 1 THE GREEK TRADITION Slide 2 How is science done? Observations Experiments Explanations Theories Laws Repeat Slide 3 Assumptions of Early Models Geocentric = Earth…

Gravity and Universal Gravitation How does gravity affect âthe universeâ Objectives Describe gravity As a force As an acceleration Universal Gravitation Linking Newtonâs…

Chapter Thirteen Notes: Universal Gravitation In the early 1600's, German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler mathematically analyzed known astronomical data…

Exam Wednesday September 21 The exam will cover anything that was covered in the notes The exam will be closed book. You will be allowed to have one 8/12 X 11 sheet of notes…

AST 111 Lecture 3 Recent History of Astronomy AST 111 The Geocentric Model IT IS WRONG! Fine. So what is it? The Geocentric Model places Earth at the center of the Universe.…

Chapter Thirteen Notes: Universal Gravitation In the early 1600's, German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler mathematically analyzed known astronomical data…

18th Century Themes Next 5 Chapters Enlightenment (chapter 18) The Clash of Absolutism v Constitutionalism (Chapter 19,20) Second Hundred Years’ War France versus everyone…

Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) - wanted better way to predict planetary positions - adopted Sun-centered planetary system suggested by Aristarchus - worked out simple geometric…