Unit 1 Project

Learning Goal 1.2- I understand where I am situated (physically) in the universe.
Learning Goal 1.3- I can describe the historical context and impetus for the development of natural philosophy.

For my project, I chose to write a research paper covering focusing on learning goals 1.2 and 1.3. The paper covers the historical background for scientific discoveries and achievements. I hope to compare different philosophers' viewpoints and further enhancements on similar discoveries, and also talk about how those discoveries are integrated into what we learn today. One topic I talk about is the discovery of lunar phases, which is often credited to Galileo; picture source is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereus_Nuncius#/media/File:Galileo's_sketches_of_the_moon.png.