According to the prevailing narrative, in the beginning of the modern era, the physical description of gravity and the development of astronomy integrated observations of the planets and mathematical models of a Sun-centered solar system, culminating in Newton’s Principia. Natural philosophers such as Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, and Newton played foundational roles in inaugurating modern physics, building from the scientific developments of diverse cultures before them. This course is the physical science component of an honors symposium, “The Copernican Lens”, in which we... Read more about PHYS 440A.H01: Searching for our Place in the Universe: The Foundation and Limits of Certainty in Physical Science