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Today’s Warm Up Think back to science class and all the times you’ve conducted science experiments. List all the steps of the scientific method (or as many as you remember! )
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Today’s LEQ How did the Scientific Revolution change the way people thought about the world? Internal Use Only
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The Scientific Revolution “The Renaissance enabled a scientific revolution which let scholars look at the world in a different light. Religion, superstition, and fear were replaced by reason and knowledge.” - Scientist, J.D. Bernal
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A key difference… The Renaissance looked to the past. The Scientific Revolution looked to the future.
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Views Changed… Copernicus - From geocentric to heliocentric (supported by Brahe and Kepler) Galileo – first telescope Newton – gravity and the laws of motion
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Many Resisted… Ptolemy and Aristotle wrong?!?! Contradicted the church – Galileo - “It does move.”
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More Scientific Advances… Shift from alchemy to chemistry Advances in medicine – Vesalius – accurate and detailed drawing of human anatomy
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More on Medicine… Pare’ – ointment for infections, stitches Harvey – circulation of blood
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The Scientific Method New approach to science – Observations and experimentation “...sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of experience, the mother of all certainty.” - Leonardo da Vinci
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Modern Philosophy Backed by reason and knowledge “I think therefore I am.” - Descartes
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“New Ideas” Heliocentric universe New medicine Scientific method gravity Finding truths - “I think therefore I am”
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