1. The Scientific Revolution
Section 6-1

2. The Roots of Modern Science
Before 1500 most scholars referred to the Bible or Greek and Roman texts as the final authority in regard to knowledge
The geocentric theory was established by Aristotle and said that all other heavenly bodies revolved around the Earth

3. The Scientific Revolution
The new way to think about the natural world that was based on careful observations and a willingness to question accepted beliefs
The explorations that happened because of the Renaissance showed Europeans new peoples and animals on other continents

4. The Heliocentric Theory
Created by Nicolas Copernicus
Stated that the planets and other stars revolved around the sun
Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler came up with new additions to the idea and supported it mathematically

5. Galileo
Wrote Starry Messenger a book that built on the new theories about astronomy
Jupiter had 4 moons, the sun had dark spots, and that he supported Copernicus
These statements got him in trouble with the church because they went against church teachings
Even thought Galileo retracted his statements the church still imprisoned him for the rest of his life

6. The Scientific Method
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Problem from an observation > a hypothesis > experiment > analyze reach a conclusion
This process was developed by Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes

7. Descartes VS. Bacon
Rene Descartes states that math was the way to deal with problems in science
Francis Bacon says that a person must experiment in order to solve problems
Both said that the old assumptions should be thrown out and the new ideas used

8. Sir Isaac Newton
Stated that the same force ruled all matter on Earth and in space and that all objects are attracted to each other, that attraction depends on the mass & distance
In The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Newton said that the universe was like a clock and God was the clock maker that set everything in motion

9. Inventions and Innovations
Zacharias Janssen – 1st microscope
Anton van Leeuwenhoek – examined red blood cells for the 1st time and examined bacteria
Evangelista Torricelli – 1st mercury barometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit – system for gauging temperature
Anders Celsius – another system for gauging temperature
Andreas Vesalius – 1st to dissect a human corpse to observe human anatomy
Robert Boyle – introduced the ideas that matter was made up of smaller primary particles that joined in different ways