Question

Which idea of the ancient Greeks did scientists during the 1500 and 1600 build upon and disprove? That Earth is the center of the universe, that the Moon is the center of the universe, the objects fall at the same rate of speed, that the Sun revolves around the Earth?

Answer 1

Scientists during the 1500 and 1600 built upon and ultimately disproved the idea that the Earth is the center of the universe. This geocentric model, proposed by the ancient Greeks, was replaced by the heliocentric model, which states that the Sun is at the center of the solar system and the planets, including Earth, revolve around it. This shift in understanding was primarily due to the work of astronomers such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei.