Ways in Which Nicholas Copernicus Was a Humanist Essay
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Unit 2
HIST/ SCTS 392: Revolution in Science I
Instructor: John Powers
Length: 3 pages (about 750-1000 words)
Format: Double spaced, standard 1″ margins; citations in footnotes, endnotes or
parentheticals; please include a bibliography of all sources used.
Submit this essay electronically via the link for nit 2 Essay/n Canvas.
Due Date: Monday, November 7th (by 12 Noon)
Please answer one of the following questions:
1. In what ways was Nicholas Copernicus a humanist? Please use evidence from On the
Revolutions to make your case.
2. How does Johannes Kepler, in his Astronomia Nova, bridge the divide between
philosophy and mathematics?
3. What can Copernicus n the Revolutions and GalileoàSidereus Nuncius tell us
about the importance of patronage for astronomers in the 16th and 17th Centuries?
4. In his Dialogue, how does Galileo (through the character of Salviati) argue for the
rotation of the earth, and why is this significant?
5. How did Francis Baconànotion of ¡tural and Experimental History3hape the work
of the Royal Society of London, as described by Thomas Sprat?
6. How and why were the methods of natural philosophy in Isaac NewtonàPrincipa
different from those he presents and the end of Query 31 in his Opticks?
A Reminder on Citations:
Remember, any time that one quotes or paraphrases directly from a text or
describes an idea or argument found in a text, that source text must be identified in a
footnote or endnote. Please format your citation following a consistent and accepted
style sheet! [Historians typically follow Chicago Manual of Style citations; for a quick
reference regarding how citations following this style sheet (which uses footnotes or
endnotes) should be formatted, see:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
NOTE, however, that I will also accept MLA and other style footnotes !s long as you
are consistent and your notes provide the same citation information as Chicago Style.
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