Scientific Revolution

The phrase became a fundamental element of Western Philosophy as it was perceived to form a foundation for all knowledge. While other knowledge could be a figment of imagination, deception or mistake, the very act..thinking…is proof of the reality of one's own existence, or at least that of one's thought. Cogito ergo sum I think, therefore, I am Rene Descartes Human Reasoning

Scientific Revolution Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) Monk, mathematician, and astronomer who proposed that the sun was stationary in the center of the universe and the earth revolved around it. Ptolemy heliocentric Due to the failure of Ptolemy's model of the universe, Copernicus decided that he could achieve his goal only through a heliocentric model. However, mathematically, it did not work…. Copernicus came to be seen as The initiator of the Scientific Revolution The initiator of the Scientific Revolution.

Scientific Revolution Johannes Kepler – Elliptical Laws

Scientific Revolution Galileo Observation with a TELESCOPE Observation with a TELESCOPE

Scientific Revolution Galileo Inquisition Inquisition – Recants….but says on his way out…”yet, it (earth) does move”

Scientific Revolution Newton Theory “why” planets move – Law of Gravity

Scientific Method Francis Bacon Experimentation and Observation

State the Problem Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Form a Hypothesis Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Form a Hypothesis Experiment Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Form a Hypothesis Experiment Analyze the Data Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Form a Hypothesis Experiment Analyze the Data State conclusion Scientific Method

State the Problem Gather information Form a Hypothesis Experiment Analyze the Data State conclusion Repeat Scientific Method

17 July 1894 – 20 June 1966) Belgium Priest, astronomer and professor of physics at the Université catholique de Louvain theory of the expansion The first to propose the theory of the expansion of the Universe, widely misattributed to Edwin Hubble… two years before Hubble's article Big Bang theory- primeval atom‘ or God’s Atom Lemaître proposed (what became known as) the Big Bang theory- the origin of the Universe, ‘ primeval atom‘ or God’s Atom Honors class Monseigneur Georges Lemaitre

My contention is that you know NOTHING! Until you research it, study it, understand it… How easily can one be manipulated if you only go by what you have been told? Is the world really spherical or flat? Prove it… Is the sun really the center of our galaxy? Prove it… Social Studies Class: How did you feel when you were confronted with ideas that went against everything you have ever been taught? Did you want to react as they did against Galileo? Or were you willing to just sit and take notes to get an “A” on the test?