models/theories Flashcards
representation of ideas, an object or processes that is used to describe and explain phenomena that cannot be explained directly
models
describes how God brings the Universe into being in a series of creative acts over six days
Theory of Divine Creation
describes the universe as an oscillating universe
Hindu text Rigveda
cosmic egg that contains the whole universe
Brahmanda
he believed in primordial universe
Anaxagoras
they believed in an atomic universe
Leucippus and Democretus
they proposed a geocentric universe
Aristotle and Ptolemy
he made the theory of heliocentrism in 1543
Nicolas Copernicus
he suggested that the solar system is not in the center of the universe
Giordano Bruno
he described the universe as static, steady-state, infinite
Sir Isaac Newton
true or false: matter on the large scale is uniformly distributed, and the universe is gravitationally balance but essentially unstable
true
he outlined a Cartesian vortex model of the universe with many characteristics of Newton’s idea
Rene Descartes
a system of huge swirling whirlpools of fine matter
gravitational effects
he added a cosmological constant to Newton’s static and dynamically-stable universe
Albert Einstein
cosmological constant
gravity