What distinguishes Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University from other universities is its legacy of providing access to a high-quality, affordable education to many students who otherwise may never have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of getting a college degree.
The Trial of Galileo. A brilliant scientific mind in 17th century Florence, Galileo was forced to renounce his work and writings concerning the theories of Nicolaus Copernicus, who had suggested that the sun, not Earth, was the center of the universe, according to the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Web site on Galileo.
Ptolemy's conception of the universe, with the earth as the fixed center and the heavenly bodies moving about it. (tÅlâ²É-mÄâ²Ä­k). Ptolemaic system. Ptolemy believed that Earth was at the center of the universe and that the sun and planets orbited Earth (with the planets also moving in smaller circles called epicycles).