Scientific Revolution

Reasons for New Ideas Most knowledge was only from the Greek and Roman scientists New secular ideas forced people to want new ways of thinking Idea of ships travelling new places and carrying cargo created new needs for math

Claudius Ptolemy 100s in Egypt Astronomer Geocentric- Earth is at the center of the universe

Nicolaus Copernicus 1500s in Poland Mathematician Heliocentric- sun is at the center of the universe

Johannes Kepler 1600s in Germany Came up with idea that planet’s orbits were elliptical not circular Not a spiritual being that runs space, but scientific laws

Galileo 1600s in Italy Mathematician Discovered that planets and space are made up of matter and light, just like Earth Use of telescope to discover information about the universe Major disagreement with Catholic Church Feels as if people hide behind religion

Isaac Newton 1640s in England Mathematics Universal laws of gravitation: every object in universe is attracted to other objects by force called gravity Explains why planets rotated around sun.

Medicine and Chemistry Previously all dissection and research had been done on animals, not humans Use of microscope for small organisms Andreas Vesalius dissected humans Believed 2 types of blood flowed through our bodies William Harvey discovered the heart was the center of the body Proved one blood type per person

Francis Bacon 1600s in England Philosopher Scientific method- systematic procedure for collecting/ analyzing evidence Inductive reasoning- go from the particular to the general

Rene Descartes 1600s in France Scientist and philosopher Rationalism reason is the chief source of knowledge everything happens for a reason Brain is controls the body “I think, therefore, I am” Separation of mind and matter