Lessons of Past Science

Galileo teaches us lessons of using old ideas to develop new ones. He first showed us this technique with the telescope using the basic figure created by a man unknown and using his ideas to expand and make it better. Using his new telescope he continued the work of Copernicus to prove that the sun, not the earth is the center of the universe. Though Galileo had proof of this he still had to go through the Roman Catholic Church which disproved of this discovery and even threaten to charge him with heresy which would lead to death. Knowing this he still continued to work and even after his death his views on the universe became too strong even for the church to resist leading to it being accepted as the true view of the universe. Galileo's dedication to his work has taught us the ability to learn from past works of others.

Sir Isaac Newton taught us that putting time into your work can possibly lead to huge results. For example when Newton was young he was considered an unresponsive child something his Uncle refused to believe and continued to work with him. Sir Newton was later accepted into college where he started to develop his works of calculus, the three laws of motion, and also the universal law of gravity. Soon after graduating which was stalled because of the plague he soon after became a professor and even schoolmaster. Sir Newton later started finalizing his work on calculus but also had competition from Gottfried Leibniz who had his own version and also published first. Newton was so caught up in worrying about his work he had multiple mental breakdowns but in time he recovered and continued his work and became recognized being the first scientist to ever become knighted.

Engines are an important branch of technology and science that is always under development and improving itself to this day. The engine which started out as a toy in the first century has now found its way into almost everything we do today such as our cars, planes, and computers. Engines will always find ways to improve but what we learn from them will always let us take one more step into our technological advancements to make our lives easier.