Scientific Revolution About 1640-1730 “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” - RENE DESCARTES       Scientific Revolution About 1640-1730 Kelly Hanlon, Brianna Hughes, Casey Innes, Lauren Lamoureux

The Scientific Revolution Scientific Revolution- a series of changes that changed the way that scientists viewed the world Scientific revolution did not affect most of Europe illiterate and uneducated Prepared the way for the modern world Caused by: the expansion of trade medieval universities interest in thought, mathematics and science

Main Aspects biology chemistry astronomy mathematics physics philosophy

Nicolaus Copernicus Galileo Galilei Polish scholar who published “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Sphere” This proposed that the earth was heliocentric The theory was rejected at first It was not accepted until Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler got information to support his theory Galileo Galilei Italian scientist who made an astronomical telescope Moon was terrestrial and could have plants Planets revolved around Jupiter His observations caused uproar People accused him of lying and he was threatened to death

Francis Bacon René Descartes Called old ways of thought “idols” Knowledge should come from experience not books Proposed Aristotelean model of induction and empiricism One uses common principles and uses them to explain the variety of phenomena René Descartes Published "A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy"  God created the world, everything depends on Him God was like human mind; both think, no physical being God does not depend on a creator for His existence

Isaac Newton Mathematic models of the universe were physical descriptions of the universe The universe operates in a predictable way following the mathematics Religion did not explain the physical phenomena of the universe Planets and other objects move according to physical attraction Based view of universe on concept of inertia- every object remains at rest until moved by another object Did not deny God- something has to cause the movement of the object Deism- all phenomena are fundamentally rational and mechanistic and can be explained in non-religious terms

Scientists Nicolas Copernicus Galileo Galilei Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Isaac Newton

Other Important People Johannes Kepler created mathematical model that perfectly predicted the motions of the planets Believed that planets orbited around the sun and remained in their orbital paths Antoine Lavoisier proved that burning is caused by oxidation Robert Boyle made distinctions between elements and chemical compounds many developments in chemistry Andreas Vesalius made first detailed study of the human anatomy

Important Inventions of the Scientific Revolution Barometer Measures air pressure Invented by Italian physicist Evangelista Torricelli Invented in the year 1643 Thermometer Measures temperature Invented by Galileo Galilei Invented in 1600 Microscope Used to magnify small specimen to a higher level Invented by Hans and Zacharias Janssen Invented in 1610 Telescope Used top observe distant objects by using glass lenses Invented by Hans Lippershey Invented in 1608

Impacts Conclusion Changed people’s view on the universe Affected other areas of knowledge Attempted to make people understand the natural world Astronomy and mechanics were greatly changed Also, similar developments in biology, chemistry and other sciences Great change in scientific thoughts Conclusion Some of their discoveries were not very popular continued to find the answers to questions for science Scientific thought changed during a period of only a century Crushed superstitions

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