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espite technological advances of the world today, one issue remains unclear--the understanding of the spiritual universe. To begin, Lightman's essay, In God's Place, illustrates the methodical findings as well as the scientific developments of the physical universe. Following is a short synopsis:
► Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and his divine ether;
► Copernicus (1473-1543) and his declaration that the sun is the center of the universe;

► Brahe (1546-1601) and his extraordinary cataloguing of the planets and stars;

► Galileo (1564-1642) and his contributions to astronomy, physics and science; and

► Descartes (1596-1650) and his Cartesian coordinate system.
Of particular interest to Lightman, however, is Sir Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) Principia and "the mortal blow to Aristotle's strong division between earthly and cosmic phenomena" (94).
Accepted until the 18th century, Western culture believed the teachings of Aristotle and the......

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