In those days most people believed that many gods ruled the universe Aristotles Conclusion Time and Space Aristotle lived in Greece more than three hundred years before the Common Era or Before Christ ID: 546775
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Aristotle lived in Greece more than three hundred years before the Common Era (or Before Christ). In those days, most people believed that many gods ruled the universe.
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Aristotle lived in Greece more than three hundred years before the Common Era (or Before Christ). In those days, most people believed that many gods ruled the universe.Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and SpaceSlide3
A happy god, for instance, might allow an abundant harvest while an angry god would show his fury with storms or earthquakes. Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and SpaceSlide4
Aristotle decided he could understand the world through observation and by using logic and
reason. Later
scientists called
Aristotle
the Father of Natural Science because centuries after the ancient scholar's death, his methods formed the basis of the scientific method.
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Aristotle decided he could understand the world through
observation and by
using logic and
reason
.
Later
scientists
called
Aristotle
the Father of Natural Science because centuries after the ancient scholar's death, his methods formed the basis of the scientific method.
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Most people in Aristotle’s time believed the earth was flat, but he did not agree. The Greek thinker realized that a lunar eclipse occurred when the earth came between the sun and the moon. The shape of the earth’s shadow
, Aristotle
realized, was round.
If the earth were flat,
its
shadow would have
a
much different
form.
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Most people in Aristotle’s time believed the earth was flat, but he did not agree. The Greek thinker realized that a lunar eclipse occurred when the earth came between the sun and the moon. The shape of the earth’s
shadow, Aristotle
realized, was round.
If
the earth were flat,
its
shadow would have
a
much different
form.
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Most people in Aristotle’s time believed the earth was flat, but he did not agree. The Greek thinker realized that a lunar eclipse occurred when the earth came between the sun and the moon. The shape of the earth’s shadow, Aristotle realized,
was round. If
the earth were flat,
its shadow would have
a
much different
form.
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Most people in Aristotle’s time believed the earth was flat, but he did not agree. The Greek thinker realized that a lunar eclipse occurred when the earth came between the sun and the moon. The shape of the earth’s shadow
, Aristotle realized,
was round.
If the earth were flat,
its
shadow would have
a
much different
form.
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Next, Aristotle considered the position of the North Star. The further north you journeyed, the closer the North Star seemed to move to the middle of the sky. But if someone were to travel south of what we now call the equator, the North Star could not be seen at all. Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and SpaceSlide11
Next, Aristotle considered the position of the North Star. The further north you journeyed, the closer the North Star seemed to move to the middle of the sky. But if someone were to travel south of what we now call the equator, the North Star could not be seen at all.
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Next, Aristotle considered the position of the North Star. The further north you journeyed, the closer the North Star seemed to move to the middle of the sky. But if someone were to travel south of what we now call the equator, the North Star could not be seen at all.
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Finally, Aristotle watched ships sailing into port. He noticed that at a distance, he could see the tops of their sails before he saw the rest of the ship. Aristotle
deduced that this
was because of
the curvature
of
the earth.
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Finally, Aristotle watched ships sailing into port. He noticed that at a distance, he could see the tops of their sails before he saw the rest of the ship. Aristotle deduced
that thiswas because of
the
curvature of
the earth.
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Finally, Aristotle watched ships sailing into port. He noticed that at a distance, he could see the tops of their sails before he saw the rest of the ship. Aristotle
deduced that thiswas because of
the curvature of
the earth.
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If we lived on a flat earth, none of Aristotle’s conclusions would be accurate. Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and SpaceSlide17
We know today that Aristotle’s conclusions were correct because humans have traveled around the globe and we have seen pictures of the earth from space. Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and SpaceSlide18
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Aristotle’s Conclusion Time and Space