STS Flashcards
resembled the Greek ancient philosophers or thinkers he did not do anything extensive such as observing heavenly bodies or inviting people to test his ideas.
Nicolaus Copernicus
His ideas were example of what is presently called as a
thought experiment
Despite his duty as a canon, he had plenty of time to sustain his interest in astronomy.
Nicolaus Copernicus
By the time he finished his doctorate degree, he had been appointed as canon at Frombork Cathedral in Poland.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus’s idea and model of the universe was essentially complete in
1510
is a genius who came from a line of intellectually gifted and wealthy family
Charles Darwin
Mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
Nicolaus Copernicus
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, often cited as the start of the scientific revolution.
De revolutionibus
orbium coelestium
He is a naturalist, geologist and biologist.
Charles Darwin
Famous for “THEORY OF EVOLUTION”
Charles Darwin
His book The Descent of Man was so impressive yet very controversial.
Charles Darwin
Austrian neurologist
and the founder of
psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
Famous in the field
of Psychology
Sigmund Freud
Development of an
observational
method
Sigmund Freud
Focused on human
sexuality and the evil
nature of man
(unorthodox)
Sigmund Freud
