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Q: Who proved Aristotle and Ptolemy Wrong?
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Why were Aristotle's ideas wrong?

because they were proved wrong by other scientists.


Who supported the views of ptolemy and Aristotle?

The church


The difference between Aristotle and ptolemy?

They are funny


How was Aristotle's dynamic motion theory proven wrong?

Aristotle's dynamic motion theory was proven wrong by a man named Galileo. He tested Aristotle's theory by dropping a heavy object and a lighter object at the same time. The experiment proved Aristotle wrong because the result was that the two objects were falling at the same rate (speed).


Does relativity prove Zeno's paradoxes wrong?

No, that was done by Aristotle. Diogenes also proved it wrong simply by out-racing a tortoise. A final, formalized refutation was done by mathematicians in the late 1800s.


Explain theories of Aristotle ptolemy Copernicus and Galileo and explain how ideas progressed with each scientist?

Aristotle said the earth was in the center. Ptolemy supported Aristotle and added to it. Copernicus said the sun was in the middle. Galileo also said the sun was in the center and added to Copernicus.


Who proved the Aristotle theory?

Ferdanad Magellan.


Who made better predictions than Aristotle's model?

Ptolemy answer by: Ian TSANG


Who composed ideas that contradicted Ptolemy's model of the universe?

aristotle and nicolaus copernicus


Who came first Democritus or Aristotle?

Democritus(450 BC) came before Aristotle (400 BC)


Which is a correct chronological sequence of famous thinkers ptolemy Aristotle copericus Galileo?

Aristotle came first, followed by Ptolemy, then Copernicus and Galileo. Other important players in the story after them were Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton.


Who was the astronomer who proposed that Earth was the center of the universe?

The idea that the Earth was the center of the universe was adopted because of the writings of Ptolemy and Aristotle. This was a common belief until the 1700s.