Traveling To The Scientific Renaissance

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“Traveling to the Scientific Renaissance
Have you ever wanted to go back in time to see how the world was before you birth? Today you will not go back, but I can tell who the most importantscientists were during the Renaissance. The Renaissance emerged around the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and was created by the new conception of man and the world. During this time, scientists likeGalileo, Torcelli or even Leonardo DaVinci tried to modernize the world. In this period many inventions were created but the most prominent are three: the telescope, the printing press, and the pocketwatch.
Around 1609 a famous scientist, Galileo Galilei, during the Renaissance invented the telescope (object used to see from the distance). At this time, he was the only one that manages to doright image through the use of a diverging lens. Consequently, this invention marked a turning point in Renaissance and among scientist. Because, in this period developed the science of observationand experiment with its own methods. Therefore, because of this Galileo created the telescope; that which otherwise the one created by the Dutch distort objects and the image or anything you see, looksawful. As a result, Galileo was mentioned as a remarkable scientist who made valuable contributions to astronomy and physics during the Renaissance. Besides that, the experimental method and directobservation was the basis for modern science.
Approximately, in the fifteenth century, printing was invented by the scientist John Gutenberg who invented movable type letters and replaced by moltenmetal timber. In the Renaissance, the printing press was the most powerful vehicle for transmitting new ideas. Starting the fifteenth century was printed with religious pictures. By application of, awooden board engraved with greasy ink, the procedure was performed to print cards. Many have discussed the contribution of Gutenberg to the arts industry during the Renaissance. Scientists as...
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