1. The Scientific Revolution & Concept of the Heliocentric Universe Nicolas Copernicus Galileo Galilei Francis Bacon

2. How did we get here?

3. II. Two Theories of the Universe A. The Geocentric Theory envisioned an earth-centered universe 1. This idea was made popular by Aristotle – 300’s BC 2. It was later supported by Ptolemy

4. Ptolemy of Alexandria Mathematician / geographer Greek descent Alexandria Almagest – 2 nd century AD

5. The Catholic Church supported the Geocentric Theory because it was consistent with religious doctrine that god had made the earth a special place in the universe 1. For almost 1,500 years, the Church supported almost all of Aristotle’s scientific theories as fact

6. Jigsaw Activity Gather in your groups Read your documents Discuss important themes Complete your worksheets

7. Nicholas Copernicus A. Copernicus was so fearful of being considered a heretic that he waited until the last year of his life to publish his theory 1. However, his ideas spread despite Church condemnation and were eventually embraced by others

8. Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) - Austrian He had already accepted the Copernican picture and tried to use his superior data to see if it could fit better than the Ptolemaic theory.

9. Galileo While he had already thought Copernicus' model was best Galileo felt this DATA had PROVEN it.

10. The Scientific method was championed by Francis Bacon 1. He was an English writer who felt that scholars had assumed Aristotle’s teachings to be truth without testing them 2. He emphasized the need for experimentation over simple observation in arriving at conclusions (scientific method)

11. How This All Fits Together Any questions?

12. Exit Ticket – Isaac Newton Next time: The Newtonian enlightenment – “K” – what do you know now? – “W” - What do you want to know? About the scientific Revolution? How this lead to Newton’s Contributions? – ”L” - How will you go about learning this?

13. End Thank you

14. Sir Isaac Newton was the pioneer of modern physics 1. He was an English scientist who developed the law of gravity to explain the movement of the planets *This further confirmed the Heliocentric Theory

15. Newton Continued 2. His theories asserted that all celestial bodies are attracted to each other by an invisible force directly related to the mass of the object 3. Newton believed that god had designed the universe like a giant clock, with gravity dominating its motions

16. Which society was first to discover the Earth to be spherical and measure its circumference? A.By the Greeks

17. Whose suggestion that the Sun is the center of the solar system was first taken seriously by many people? Copernicus

18. Resources www.chara.gsu.edu/~wiita/a1010heliocentric 4.ppt www.chara.gsu.edu/~wiita/a1010heliocentric 4.ppt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17jymDn0 W6U faculty.rcc.edu/buenviaje/.../The%20Scientific %20Revolution.ppt www.encyclopediabritannica.com Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West By Margaret C. Jacob