INVENTOR GAZZETTE June 1624

By: Justin Higgins

Church Deems Astronomers Theories Heretical

In 1514, Nicolaus Copernicus released his manuscript Commentariolus,
which proposes a new, unconventional planetary system. This system pro-
poses that the universe does not revolve around the Earth but that is revolves
around the sun. Copernicus claims that all planets and celestial bodies re-
volve around the sun. He says that the Earths movement makes it seem as if
the sun and stars move around the Earth, while this is not true. The critics of
this new system say that Copernicus did not solve the parallax, which is the
supposed displacement of a celestial body when viewed from different an-
gles, and they say that he did not show enough evidence to prove this theory.
The Catholic Church was another group to attack this new idea. One of the
major leaders, Martin Luther, showed strong opposition against Coperni-
cuss theory, and his advisor went as far to say that, This fool wants to turn
the whole art of astronomy upside down (Biography.com Editors, n.p.). The
Church declared Copernicuss ideas heresies and put his book De revolution-
ibus orbium coelestium on the list of forbidden reading, although it was later
taken off this list.

Biography of Robert Boyle

Robert Boyle was born on January 25, 1627 in Lismore Castle, in Lismore, Ireland.
His parents were Richard Boyle and Catherine Fenton. Robert went to Eton College
when he was eight and spent three years there. He went around a tour of Europe with
his brother and tutor when he was 12, which was a part of wealthy peoples education.
When Boyle was 14, he went to Italy and learned from Galileos studies. He created a
laboratory in 1646 and began to exchange scientific ideas with people around Europe.
Boyle moved to Oxford, England in 16455 to find a productive environment for sci-
ence. He was soon joined by Robert Hooke. Boyle discovered in 1657 that pressure
multiplied by volume is constant. This means that pressure on gas causes to gass vol-
ume to decrease in a certain, constant way. This created Boyles Law. Boyle also dis-
covered that sound cannot travel through a vacuum, while light can, and that fires can-
not be created in a vacuum. From then until 1668, Boyle had a number of important
discoveries. He moved to his sisters house in London in 1668 because of the plague
in Oxford. He died of a stroke on December 31, 1691, at the age of 64. He was buried
in Westminster, London, but his remains have been lost.
 Isaac Newton Obituary
Isaac Newton died on March 31, 1727. He had a severe pain in his
abdomen, and Newton passed out and never woke up. Isaac Newton
was one of the most famous and influential scientists ever. He had
many discoveries and inventions that were extremely important.
Newton invented the reflecting telescope in 1686. He also showed
that sunlight is made of all the colors in the rainbow. He did this by
using a glass prism to split sunlight into the colors of the rainbow
and then use another prism to put them together into the white beam
again. Newton wrote the book the Principia, which is one of the
most influential scientific books ever written. It explains gravity
and motion using math. He also created the three major laws of mo-
tion, called Newtons Laws. Newton also proved that the ocean
tides are controlled by the gravity of the Earth, moon, and sun.
Many of Newtons discoveries are still at the heart of science today.
His body was buried in Westminster Abbey, London.

Frances Bacon Opinion Editorial

Frances Bacon was an extremely influential scientist that has affected
science for centuries. He created the scientific method, which is a step by
step process on doing experiments and tests. This was a very important crea-
tion because it generalized experiments and made it much easier to conduct
and compare them. Without Bacon having made this, experiments and sci-
entific theories would be much harder to get consistent data from. This has
definitely improved the scientific community and progress because things
can be done much quicker and easier now.

Andreas Vesalius Opinion Editorial

Andreas Vesalius was one of the most important scientists ever. He

gave us a set model of the human body through years of experimenta-
tion, dissection, and hard work. This is very important because anato-
my is one of the most important part of our lives, whether we think
about it or not. We are constantly being affected by anatomy because
it is the makeup of our body and how everything is laid out. If even
one little change was made to our anatomy, our lives could have to be
different based on our new needs and bodily functions. This is more
important than many other areas of science, like astronomy. If we did
not understand how the earth went around the sun, it would not affect
us in the same way that it would affect us to not know the anatomy of
the human body. Vesalius made such a great discovery because anato-
my is so important and vital to our health and well-being.
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