The Scientific Revolution Unit 3:3 The Scientific Revolution

Advances in Astronomy

Nicolaus Copernicus 1473-1543

Ptolemy (c. 90-c. 168)

Heliocentric Theory

Tycho Brahe 1546-1602

Brahe’s Model

Johannes Kepler 1571-1530

Statue of Brahe and Kepler in Germany

Kepler’s Elliptical Orbits and Laws of Planetary Motion

Galileo Galilei 1564 -1642

Galileo in later years

Galileo’s Telescopes

Images through a Galilean Telescope The Mountains on our Moon Sun Spots

Saturn Mars Jupiter Venus

Galileo’s writings about the moons of Jupiter

Galileo’s Drawings of Sun Spots

Galileo’s Drawings of the Moon

Galileo Facing the Roman Inquisition

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1721)

Newton’s Telescope

Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626

René Descartes 1596-1650

Blaise Pascal 1623-1662

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)

Vesalius’ Drawings

William Harvey (1578-1657)

Robert Boyle (1627-1691)

Margaret Cavendish 1623-1673