Renaissance+Science

earth and solar system, which supplied people with greater knowledge about the world and the planets around them. This sprouted up more therios and better ideas about the solar system. It affected more towards socialy because more people knew about the stars and discovered more, therefore sprouting up events and theries. || One of many new invention during the renaissance, the Astrolabe was a device for solving problems relating to time and position, using the sun, planets and stars. To use it you adjust the specific time and date and it helps you understand where you are.The Astrolabe helped many people and was an important invention. Especially for sailers, it helped them in numourus ways. For instance in a storm a sailer could have been blown off course but the astrolabe would help them get back to where they were suppose to be. The Astrolabe revalutionized the seas. It was just one step away from a common know instrument we still use to day (the compus). This effected socialy because more people discovered new places and got more of an idea where they were sailing. ||
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 * Johannes Gutenberg created the first printing press in 1440. The printing press made it easier to remake papers and books. Instead of taking 6 months to rewrite a book it only took a couple days with the printing press. This made books and papers much easier to get and also made books alot cheaper. Not only did it lower prices but it made the population smarter because poorer people could not afford books and now they can because it was easier to make them which increased their intelligence on many thing, like medical books, science books, mathematics books, ect. We take books for granite now but back then they were very rare, until the printing press. This affected economicaly and socialy because it made books easier to get and cost alot less money. Which created social events about books and other printed things. It also boosted the economy because more companys were buying printing presses. || After observing the microscope, Hans Lippershy created the first telescope to look through at around 1608. He created it by combining 2 lenses and putting them in a tube. He invented it in Holland, which was also where the microscope was invented. This invention was phenomenal for it's time because it enabled people to gaze at the stars, planets, and sun. This also made Galileo come up with therios and new ideas with evidence about the