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  What was the Heliocentric theory? The sun was the center of the Universe.  Who created the Heliocentric theory? Nicolaus Copernicus  What was wrong.

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1   What was the Heliocentric theory? The sun was the center of the Universe.  Who created the Heliocentric theory? Nicolaus Copernicus  What was wrong about the Heliocentric theory? The sun is not the center of the universe and stars do not revolve around the sun. Bell Ringer

2  Reading Quiz

3   What is Scientific Method?  People of the Scientific Revolution  - Francis Bacon  - Rene Descartes  - Issac Newton  Inventions  Chemistry Agenda/Objectives

4   Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.  Begins with a problem or question arising from an observation.  Next a hypothesis is formed.  Next hypothesis is tested.  Analyze and interpret the data – confirms or disproves theory. Scientific Method:

5   English Politician and writer.  Attacked medieval scholars for relying on Aristotle and ancient thinkers.  Urged scientist to experiment and observe the world around them and then draw conclusions.  Idea known as Empiricism or Experimental Method. Francis Bacon

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7   Analytical Geometry – linked algebra and geometry.  People needed to reject old ideas  Everything should be doubted until proved by reason.  “I think therefore I am”  General laws can be expressed mathematically. Rene Descartes

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9   What law did he form?  Law of Universal Gravitation:  - Every object in the universe attracts every other object. Degree of attraction depends on the mass of the objects and the distance between them.  1687 Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy – one of the most important scientific books ever written. Isaac Newton

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11   Zacharias Janssen – (Dutch) First Microscope in 1590.  - 1670 Anton Van Leeuwehoek used it to discover bacteria.  Evangelista Torricelli- First Mercury barometer in 1643.  - Tool used for measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting weather. Scientist develop new instruments

12  First Microscope

13  Bacteria

14  First Mercury barometer

15   Gabriel Fahrenheit- (Dutch) First thermometer using mercury in 1714.  - showed water freezing at 32 degrees.  Anders Celsius –(Swedish) Created another scale, showing freezing at 0 degrees. Scientist develop new instruments

16  First thermometer using mercury

17  Anders Celsisus

18   Middle ages:  Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus - Galen dissected pigs and assumed human bodies were much of the same.  Andreas Vesalius – dissected human corpses and published his observations.  On the Fabric of the Human Body (1543)  Detailed drawings of human organs, bones, and muscle. Medicine and Human Body

19   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhh-8mgTFk Andreas Vesalius

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27   William Harvey:  English Doctor  On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals – 1628  Showed Heart acted as a pump to circulate blood.  Described the function of blood vessels. Medicine and Human Body

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29   Edward Jenner introduced a small pox vaccine in 1700s.  Used cow pox to inoculate people which was a milder disease. Medicine and Human Body

30   Robert Boyle – founder of modern chemistry.  The Sceptical Chymist 1661.  Challenged Aristotle’s idea that the physical world consisted of four elements – earth, air, fire, and water.  Boyle’s law – explains how the volume, temperature, and pressure of gas affect each other. Discoveries in Chemistry

31   Using the term “Scientific Revolution” Come with a sentence or word that best describes the Scientific Revolution.  S – word or sentence…R  CE  IV  EO  NL  TU  IT  FI  IO  CN Writing Critically

32   Guided Reading – Scientific Revolution  Please take a copy before you leave… Homework


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