Renaissance+Science

This is a drawing of Leonardo's vision for an armored vehicle. This is one of his many sketches that were never reality. This was drawn around 1487. In his notes Da Vinci describes "covered chariots, that are safe and cannot be assaulted; cars which fear no great numbers when breaking through the ranks of the enemy and its artillery. Behind them, the infantrymen shall follow, without fearing injury or other impediments."

This is the telescope that Galileo Galilee designed in 1610. Galileo's telescope, through crude by today's standards, yielded a view of the universe that had never before been seen. This gave him the idea that the Earth revolved around the sun. This theory made the church making him recant or he was threatened to death. He ultimately recanted and was put under house arrest until he died.

This is the Copernican Theory that the Earth revolves around the sun. This is called the theory of a Heliocentric Universe. This theory made the Church make the creator of the theory, Nicholas Copernicus, recant or else death. The church did this because they believed the heavens were fixed, unmoving and perfect. The church's theory is a geocentric theory.