Question

Which idea of the ancient Greeks did scientists during the 1500s and 1600s build upon and disprove?

Options:
The earth is the center of the universe
That the moon is the center of the universe
That objects fall at the same rate of speed
That the sun revolves around the earth

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe. Scientists during the 1500s and 1600s, such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei, built upon this idea and ultimately disproved it through their observations and discoveries.