2. Alchemists – used spells and magic formulas to try to change one substance into another substance.

3. Relied on religious teachings and the works of classical Greek and Roman thinkers to explain the mysteries of nature Aristotle

4. Favored a system of scientific experimentation Alchemy Wonderful Teacher

5. Renaissance?? Encouraged curiosity, investigation, and discovery

6. People began using experiments and mathematics to understand the natural world

7. Question ancient beliefs Three new tools –Scientific instruments (telescope, microscope, barometer), –mathematics –experiments

8. Method of inquiry that includes carefully conducted experiments and mathematical calculations to verify the results of experiments

9. Ptolemy Earth center of universe Geocentric Theory – Earth-centered Not part of Scientific Revolution

10. Heliocentric Theory – Sun center of the Universe Astronomy

11. Both Confirmed Copernicus’ view Kepler used mathematics Galileo – telescope – Rings around Saturn

12. Isaac Newton Law of universal gravitation – all bodies attract each other

13. Andreas Vesalius Flemish Scientist who studied anatomy – human body

14. Studied circulation of the blood The Heart

15. Rene Descartes Discourse on Method (1637) –Stated that all assumptions had to be proven on the basis of known facts –Only ideas that could be proven true beyond all doubt “I think, therefore I am”

16. Most important change was that people now practiced forming conclusions based on REPEATED EXPERIMENTS