 Copernicus Challenges Ancient Astronomy  Published Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres  Proposed a Heliocentric model of the universe  Tycho Brahe  Provided evidence supporting Copernicus  Studied the night sky watching the movement of the heavenly bodies  After his death his assistant Johannes Kepler used Brahe’s research to calculate the orbits of the planets

 Dutch Invent a device used to spot ship on the horizon  Galileo points it to the sky  Discovered mountains on the moon  Builds larger telescope and observes moons of Jupiter orbiting  Finding contradicted the ancient views of the world was condemned by the church

 Tried by the Inquisition  Ordered to spent the rest of his life in prison  Made to recant his findings and say the Earth is stationary  Muttered under his breath “and yet it moves”

 Despite the opposition of the church during the 1600 a new way to approach science emerged  During the Renaissance the works of Plato are rediscovered  Plato taught that Man should look beyond the simple explanation to learn natures truths  Helped shape the view of the world

Scientific Method is used as a process of discovery Requires scientist to collect data and explain the data using a hypothesis Francis Bacon – stressed experimentation and observation Rene Descartes – emphasized human reasoning

 Made efforts to study the human body  Was thought against to Church to dissect a human so until this point had to dissect animals

 Published On the Structure of the human body  First accurate detailed study of the human body  Believed in using what ever means necessary to increase knowledge  Used influence to be invited to Autopsies

 Developed an effective ointment for treating infections  Invented new surgical techniques  Introduced the use of artificial limbs

 William Harvey – how the heart works  Anton von Leeuwenhoek – Microscope  Became the first to see human cells