The Impact of Copernican and Darwinian Revolution to Society

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Period of enlightenment when the development in the field of mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature

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Scientific Revolution

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Known as the father of modern astronomy

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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First modern European scientist to propose that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Theory that talks about about the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun

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Heliocentric Theory of Universe

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He argued that Earth turned daily on its axis and that gradual shifts of this axis accounted for the changing seasons

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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British naturalist and biologist known for his theory of evolution and his understanding of the process of natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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He published his landmark book, On the Origin of Species

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Charles Darwin

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Theory that declared that species survived through a process called “natural selection”

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Darwin’s theory of evolution