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A paradigm is one's world view in which one understands his place in it. Copernicus, Galileo, Vesalius, Linneaus, Luewenhoek, and Newton were all medieval scientists, whose work changed people's lives and the world. The way man viewed the universe in which he lived, the world of nature that surrounded him, and even his own physical anatomy changed right before him. Scientists, like Galileo, disproved the heliocentric model as new instruments like the telescope were invented. The way in which man saw his own physical anatomy changed when Andreas Vesalius completed detailed studies of the human body. Due to these new, groundbreaking studies man began to view himself as insignificant and as a machine.First came the Geocentric model that showed the earth as being the center of the universe, the sun and other planets were shown revolving around the earth, with heaven shown beyond the crystalline shell. It wasn't until Nicholas Copernicus published his writing, "On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres," that people began to question this idea. The writing was so complicated that the vast majority of the population of Europe could not understand its meaning and ideas that
h. The Church remained a strong influence by leading their people to believe that if they wanted to go to Heaven they would not believe the new information unless the Church recognized it as the truth. Therefore, they would continue to believe what the Bible, Aristotle, and the Church said was true. Andreas Vesalius did not accept the Roman Galen's authority of human anatomy since it was based on animal dissections. Previous knowledge of the human anatomy was quite inaccurate. Drawings studied by Medieval medical students were not proportional, and showed incomplete structures of the human body. During the 11th and 12th centuries, dissections were common. Despite this, faulty pictures were still used to instruct young doctors. Vesalius performed many human dissections, and would strip each layer away from the body one at a time. As he performed these dissections, he would draw and document what it was he saw. These documentations led to new ways to treat ailing people and a it contained. This writing stated that the earth was not the center of the universe, and the sun and other planets did not revolve around it. The writing did state, however, that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun. Since very few Europeans could understand the writing, it was not considered a threat to the Catholic Church at the time. To be safe the Catholic Church did ban Copernicus' ideas. It was not until an Italian scientist named Galileo Galilei published a book and redisplayed the ide! During the Scientific Revolution, scientists developed ways to make more precise, and more reliable observations. The new scientists challenged the assumptions of past
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