The Telescope and the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century

Authors

  • Rafael Luis dos Santos Dall'olio Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-2158.i13p45-60

Keywords:

Telescope, Scientific Revolution, Scientific Instruments

Abstract

We propose to discuss the impact caused by a scientific instrument, the telescope, in the Scientific Revolution that took place in the 17th century. By allowing invisible objects to become visible, this instrument made it possible to broaden the conception of the universe. When analyzing the works of three 'protagonists' of this revolution - Galileo, Kepler and Newton - we found that the studies carried out by Galileo and Kepler in the improvement of the telescope strengthened the heliocentric theory, while Newton's protagonism occurred in the theoretical field of mechanics. However, the association between instrument and astronomer became recurrent only in the case of Galileo and the astronomical telescope.

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Author Biography

  • Rafael Luis dos Santos Dall'olio, Universidade de São Paulo

    He holds a degree in History from the University of São Paulo (2006) and a master's degree in Social History from the University of São Paulo (2012). He works as an international relations agent at the University of São Paulo. He has experience in the field of History, with an emphasis on History, working mainly on the following topics: visual culture, international scientific cooperation, photography and visual history. He is currently studying in his doctoral research the use of photography as a scientific data and its status of veracity attributed in Astronomy during the second half of the 19th century, a period of consolidation of mechanical observation to the detriment of manual observation. Research also on international scientific cooperation in the 19th century.

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Published

2022-08-30

Issue

No. 13 (2022)

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Dall'olio, R. L. dos S. . (2022). The Telescope and the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century. Khronos, 13, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-2158.i13p45-60