The Scientific Revolution Section 5 The Scientific Revolution

APWH Themes: 1 – Interactions Between Humans & the Environment 2 – Development & Interaction of Cultures   Essential Questions: What was the first area of science to be effected by the Scientific Revolution? Who were the main leaders of this Revolution?

Heliocentric Theory

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

Ptolemy (c. 90-c. 168)

Tycho Brahe (1546-1602)

Brahe’s Model

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Statue of Brahe and Kepler in Germany

Kepler’s Elliptical Orbits

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 Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

René Descartes (1596-1650)

Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1721)

Newton’s Telescope

Robert Boyle (1627-1691)

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)

Vesalius’ Drawings

William Harvey (1578-1657)