Renaissance+and+Reformation+Science


 * =Telescope= || =Human Anatomy During the Renaissance= ||
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 * This telescope was built and used by Galileo Galilei to help him make his famous observations that went against the Inquisition. He found that the moon had craters, hills, and valleys similar to the earth's. Galileo also believed that the solar system was heliocentric, or sun-centered. Not only that, but he backed up the ideas about orbits and elliptical paths that the earth and other planets take. I read that Galileo was the first to use the telescope as an astronomical tool, which is kind of weird because today everyone uses telescopes to look into space. || This is a sketch of the human arm done by William Harvey. Like most works Renaissance, it is of great detail. This picture is one of many that come from the book he wrote, //Anatomical Essay on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals//. I can see in the image that the artist tied a ribbon to the forearm of the model for his subject. That would help him display the human veins. This reminds me of the strips of material that people tie around your arm to show your veins when you are getting your blood drawn. Because the book seems to be about studying the blood of humans and animals, I believe that many people during that time understood that blood travels through the veins of the body. This also shows how advanced people began to seem during the /renaissance. ||