1. The Scientific Revolution

2. Recap of the Reformation
How did Europe change during the Reformation?
How might these changes impact the way that people thought about the Church and the world?

3. Roots of the Scientific Revolution
Ancient Greeks
Rational Thought (look at the world in a logical way)
Humanism
Study humanity and our relationship to the natural world
The Reformation
Reject religion as the only way to explain the world

5. The Spark What happened in 1492?
Christopher Columbus “discovers” the Americas
Why would this finding shock people?
Old ideas must be wrong – find new explanations

7. The Scientific Revolution
The Birth of Modern Science
If God does not control how the world works; how can we figure out how it does work?
The Scientific Method: Develop a theory (explanation for something you observe) and then test it through experimentation.
Share results and improve
Study the natural world more closely

9. Inventions Powerful Telescopes The Microscope Thermometer
Barometer (air pressure)

10. New Ideas Is the Earth at the center of our solar system (geocentric)?
The sun is - How is this counter intuitive?
Nicolaus Copernicus: The Sun is at the center of the solar system (Heliocentric)
Johannes Kepler: Planets move in elliptical, not circular, orbits
Galileo Galilei: Use experiments to test theories
Sir Isaac Newton: The laws of gravity and motion

11. The Church
Why would the Scientific Revolution be troubling to the Church?
If the stars and the Earth move it challenges the idea that God created the universe in a perfect and everlasting way
If the Earth is not the center of the universe, we are not as special as we thought
If we can explain the world without God, people will not want to be religious anymore – Church will lose power
What do you think the Church will do to protect their power?

12. Galileo on Trial