Question

Which idea of the ancient Greeks did scientists during the 1500s and 1600s build upon and disprove?

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Answer 1

During the 1500s and 1600s, scientists built upon and ultimately disproved the ancient Greek idea of geocentrism, which posited that the Earth was the center of the universe and that all celestial bodies, including the Sun and stars, revolved around it. This geocentric model, notably articulated by Claudius Ptolemy, was challenged by the heliocentric model proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus, which suggested that the Sun is at the center of the solar system and that the Earth and other planets orbit around it. Subsequent observations and studies by astronomers like Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei further supported the heliocentric model and contributed to the eventual rejection of the geocentric view.