1. Who’s Who of Scientific Revolution

2. Who am I? Lived in 2nd Century
Arguably the greatest astronomer of Antiquity
Came up with geocentric conception
Ptolemy

3. Who am I?
Patiently concentrated on compiling detailed record of his observations of positions and movements of stars
Provided material to Kepler
Tycho Brahe

4. Who am I? Obsessed with Alchemy and Occult Wrote Principia
Only English scientist buried at Westminster Abbey
Investigated composition of light and gravity
Isaac Newton

5. Who am I? Studied Anatomy Studied medicine at Paris
Emphasized practical research as principal avenue for understanding human anatomy
Wrote On the Farbric of the Human Body
Andreas Vesalius

6. Who am I? A prominent female scientist of 17th century
Excluded from membership in Royal Society
Was an aristocrat
Wrote observations upon Experimental Philosophy
Margaret Cevendish

7. Who am I? Was condemned during inquisition Wrote The Starry Messenger
taught mathematics
Used a telescope
Galileo

8. Who am I? Was interested in Hermetic mathematical magic
Came up with three laws of planetary motion
Kepler

9. Who am I? Studied Mathematics and Astronomy
Wrote on the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Came up with a heliocentric model of the universe.
Copernicus

10. Descartes Father of Modern Philosophy
Rationalism: Some things can be achieved/attained through logic alone
Senses can lead to illusions therefore all perceptions/senses must be doubted

11. Empiricism Knowledge based on the senses and evidence
Scientific hypothesis and experiments
Information gathered serves as evidence

12. Clear your desk SAQ Practice:
1. Explain why ONE figure from the scientific revolution was accused of heresy by the Catholic Church.
Explain that figure’s significance to history.
Explain one different figure from the scientific revolution that influenced another specific figure.

13. You need to know: Copernicus William Harvey Brahe Margaret Cavendish
Kepler
Maria Merian
Galileo
Maria Winkelmann
Newton
Descartes
Paracelsus
Vesalius