Editing Scientific Revolution (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling Kepler's Third Law:'''
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def keplers_third_law(period_years):
    """
    Kepler's 3rd Law: T^2 = a^3
    T: Orbital period in Earth years
    a: Semi-major axis in AU (Astronomical Units)
    """
    # a = T^(2/3)
    axis_au = period_years ** (2/3)
    return axis_au

# Example: Mars has a period of ~1.88 years
mars_dist = keplers_third_law(1.88)
print(f"Mars estimated distance from Sun: {mars_dist:.2f} AU")

# Example: Jupiter has a period of ~11.86 years
jupiter_dist = keplers_third_law(11.86)
print(f"Jupiter estimated distance from Sun: {jupiter_dist:.2f} AU")
# This shows how the Scientific Revolution turned observation into predictive math.
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; Key Thinkers & Works
: '''Copernicus''' → ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' (Heliocentrism).
: '''Galileo''' → ''Sidereus Nuncius'' (Telescopic observations), ''Dialogue'' (Defense of heliocentrism).
: '''Kepler''' → ''Astronomia nova'' (Elliptical orbits).
: '''Newton''' → ''Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'' (Gravitation, Laws of motion).
: '''Bacon''' → ''Novum Organum'' (The inductive method).
: '''Descartes''' → ''Discourse on the Method'' (Rationalism).
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