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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 about the Heliocentric theory? The sun is not the center of the universe and stars do not revolve around the sun. Bell Ringer
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What is Scientific Method? People of the Scientific Revolution - Francis Bacon - Rene Descartes - Issac Newton Inventions Chemistry Agenda/Objectives
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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:
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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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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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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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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
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First Microscope
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Bacteria
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First Mercury barometer
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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
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First thermometer using mercury
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Anders Celsisus
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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
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOhh-8mgTFk Andreas Vesalius
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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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Edward Jenner introduced a small pox vaccine in 1700s. Used cow pox to inoculate people which was a milder disease. Medicine and Human Body
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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
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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
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Guided Reading – Scientific Revolution Please take a copy before you leave… Homework
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