Comenius 2012-2014
A.R.Victor Horta
Topic:
Sciences: Dialogue through ages
Abstract
•Conduct research on the internet to collect the most famous of Galileo's quotes
•Carry out intenet research in order to find the most important information about Galileo's life.
•Research the issues below:
-Galileo's contributions to science and history.
-How the Copernican system threatened Church doctrine and why the Dialogue of Galileo, a
devout Catholic, offended the Church.
-Why did Galileo decide to recant his heliocentric views?
- Do you consider Galileo's reaction cowardice, or did Galileo have no choice?
• Inciting the students to come up with a controversial issue that can be the subject of a debate in
which they can be the protagonists
•The aim is to bring home the conflict between science and tradition.
• As a last phase, the students are asked to take part in two filmed debates around two controversial
themes: «Cloning» and «Life extension beyond 100 or even 150 years.» Both debates expose
students to both sides of the issue—arguments for proceeding with cloning and life extension as
well as arguments for not proceeding.
Visualisation
Dialogue through ages
Galileo’s Biography
Galileo's inventions were a scientific marvel in his time and have
since been incredibly important to cosmic and astronomical study.
Galileo Galilei was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy (where the tower
leans) and educated in one ...
As a professor, Galileo argued against traditional views of
astronomy. Until that point in history, Aristotle’s theories were
thought to be the fundamental laws in physics. Aristotle’s belief
that objects with a greater density fall faster than those that are
lighter in weight, was disproved by Galileo when he stood at the
top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and discovered ....
Galileo's contribution to science and history
- Terrestrail telescope: that he used to study
astronomy.
- Discovery of the phases of Venus, the four
largest moons of Jupiter and sun spots.
- Theory of heliocentrism.
- He established the relationship between length
and period.
a.How the Copernican system threatened the church
doctrine and why the dialogue of Galileo – a devout catholic
– offended the church?
-The Christian Church’s doctrine was pretty much solidified 1500
years ago. It had been heavily influenced by Greek and Roman
philosophers, especially in its views of science. Among those
teachings lay the solid belief in a geocentric universe. Geocentric
means Earth, the Earth is the center of everything, and especially
the center of the solar system.
-Galileo viewed the Jupiter system as a small model of our solar
system, and became convinced of the Copernican heliocentric
system. Making his argument public, Galileo was ordered by the
Church in 1616 to retract his claims that the Earth rotated around
the sun.
-However, Galileo did not, and in 1632 published the book
Dialogue Concerning he Two Chief World Systems. In it, he
presented arguments for the Copernican view as a discussion
with a character who is a proponent of geocentricity. Time and
again ...
(…)
First debate: «Pros and cons of cloning»
Second debate: «Pros and cons of life
extension»
A.R. Victor Horta, Brussels, Belgium
Links and sources
www.arvh.be