Aim: How did the Scientific Revolution Change the World?

Scientific Revolution – A new way of thinking about the world (Observation and Experiment) Scientific Method – Procedure for gathering and testing ideas. Question Hypothesis Experiment Analyze and Interpret Data Conclusion

Scientific Method

Who’s Who? Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Galileo Galilei Heliocentric Theory: Sun-Centered Universe Johannes Kepler Planets revolve in an elliptical orbit Galileo Galilei Law of the Pendulum (Think Chandelier) Objects fall at the same rate Perfected the Telescope

Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Isaac Newton Scientific Method (Experiment) Rene Descartes Logic “I Think, Therefore I am” Isaac Newton Laws of Gravity

New Tools Telescope Microscope (Jannsen) Barometer Thermometer

The Church Church opposed Scientific Revolution Galileo is put on trial Scientists viewed as heretics