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Published on Nov 18, 2015
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New Astronomy
The Renaissance set the stage for the astronomy of the sixteenth century by engendering interest in the physical world and its surroundings. By 1510 Leonardo da Vinci had developed many theories on the creation of the universe and the functioning of celestial bodies. In 1528, the French physician Jean Fernal made a calculation of the size of the Earth correct to one percent.
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Physics
By 1590 Galileo Galilei had developed a number of criticisms of the Aristotelian system's view of the physical world. Primary among these was his theory on falling objects. In 1591, he demonstrated from the leaning tower of Pisa that weights of one pound and one hundred pounds, dropped from the top of the tower at the same time, hit the ground at the same time.
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Biology
One of the first to apply the evolving physical philosophy of the Scientific revolution was a professor of science at Padua, Italy, named Santorio Santorio. His experiments laid the groundwork for the study of metabolism and the physical and chemical processes of the human body. Santorio also adapted the thermometer, invented by Galileo, to clinical purposes. Beginning in 1616, William Harvey, an Englishman who also studied at Padua, was the first to demonstrate, through dissection, that the circulation of blood through the human body is continuous. In coming to this conclusion, he broke with the beliefs of the ancient Greek physician, Galen, who assumed that the blood consisted of two types, one in the veins and the other in the arteries.
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