1. Scientific Revolution
Chapter 13
Section 5

2. Studying the Universe
Copernicus: On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
propose the heliocentric model of solar system
Heliocentric: sun centered
Tycho Brahe: studied sky for years accumulating data
Johannes Kepler: used Brahe’s data to calculate orbits
also proved the theory of ellipses
Galileo: builds telescope
Galilean satellites
Tried and kept in house arrest

3. The Scientific Method step-by-step process of experimentation
Francis Bacon: stressed experimentation and observation
Wanted to help people out through science
Rene Descartes: emphasized human reasoning
“I think, therefore I am.”
Both: Disagreed with fitting science to the church
Reject Aristotle’s scientific assumptions
Hypothesis: possible explanation

4. Exploration of the human body:
Andreas Versalius- On the Structure of the Human Body
Ambroise Pare developed ointment, new surgical techniques, use of artificial limbs, new scientific instruments
William Harvey – Circulation of blood and use of the heart
Anton van Leeuwenhoek – microscope, sees cells and microorganisms
3rd hour, 5th hour

5. Chemistry
Robert Boyle:
Elements, compounds, atoms

6. Sir Isaac Newton
used mathematics to explain gravity and orbital revolutions
Links forces of nature to math
Developed calculus