Discussion  How have people built upon the ideas and inventions discovered during the Scientific Revolution? Modern conveniences and applications that stemmed from discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution.

Causes of the Scientific Revolution Roots in the past Basis of the revolution

Discussion  What were three ideas, discoveries, or inventions that led up to the Scientific Revolution? The discovery of ancient texts whose authors disagreed with Aristotle, the idea of performing careful observations and accurate measurements to solve specific problems, the invention of instruments such as the telescope and microscope, the invention of the printing press, and the idea that mathematics was key to understanding the universe.

Background  Until developments in technology made the Scientific Revolution possible, the study of nature was called natural philosophy. From earliest times, people have thought about what they observed in nature and wondered about causes and meanings. The word science comes from the Latin scientia, meaning "certain knowledge" as opposed to mere opinion or theory. Science and philosophy began to part ways in the 1830s, when the term scientist rather than philosopher began to be used to describe those who studied nature.

Important Discoveries of the Scientific Revolution Ptolemaic system undermined by Copernicus and Kepler Galileo's discoveries Newton's laws of motion and theory of gravitation

Discussion  How did Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo improve our understanding of the universe? Copernicus theorized that the planets revolve around the sun. Kepler explained that the planets' orbits are elliptical. Galileo discovered mountains on Earth's moon, Jupiter's four moons, sunspots, and the composition of heavenly bodies.

Discussion What other words begin with the prefix geo-? geography, geology, geophysical, geostationary What do you think the prefix means? It refer to something about Earth.