Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 1 - Introduction, Measurement, Estimating - Search and Learn - Page 20: 1

Answer

Galileo is to Aristotle as Copernicus is to Ptolemy.

Work Step by Step

Thousands of years ago, Aristotle argued that the natural state of an object is to be at rest. In the 1600s, Galileo argued that for an object to be in motion was just as natural as for it to be at rest. By inventing a new way of thinking about the same data and observations, Galileo introduced our modern view of motion. Thousands of years ago, Ptolemy argued that the Earth was in the center of the Universe, and the Sun, as well as all other celestial objects, revolved around the Earth. In the 1500s, Copernicus argued that the Sun was in the center of the solar system and the Earth revolved around the Sun. By inventing a new way of thinking about the same data and observations, Copernicus introduced our modern view of the solar system. Therefore, Galileo is to Aristotle as Copernicus is to Ptolemy.
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