scientific revolution. bellwork list 2 of galileo’s scientific discoveries
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Scientific Revolution
Bellwork
• List 2 of Galileo’s scientific discoveries
Middle Ages
• Scientific Thought– Religious teachings -
Catholic Church• Earth was flat• Geocentric view
–Magic– Superstition– Ancient Writings (Galen,
Ptolemy, Aristotle)– Barber Surgeon
Breakthrough
• New Technology and different ways to seek knowledge
• These scientific discoveries severally weaken the Catholic Church because they stressed using science and reason…could be a threat faith in God
• They felt they were the lone source of truth
Geocentric View vs. Heliocentric View
Catholic Church Copernicus
Geocentric View• Challenged the churches teachings that the earth was the
center of the universe– Copernicus
• Heliocentric view – sun is center of the universe; earth revolves around sun.
• Fear of punishment from Church – not published until after death
• Kepler • Uses math to prove earth revolved around sun moving in ellipses• Protestant – doesn’t fear punishment from Catholic Church
• Galileo– Invented telescope; proved Copernicus– Catholic Church - obstacle to spread of ideas
• New ideas challenged Church’s traditional teachings and authority• Church refused to accept any alternative to the theory that God
created earth as the center of the universe• forced to recant views or face death
Trial of Galileo
• Movie clip
• How do you think Galileo felt about science and reason versus the Catholic Church?
Fathers of the Enlightenment
• Francis Bacon – scientific method – Observation, hypothesis, test,
conclusion = Scientific law if holds true
• Rene Descartes – truth reached through reason and logic…I think therefore I am
Scientific Revolution
• Use of Scientific Method-Francis Bacon– Ideas that are unproven should be
discarded– Ideas should be tested– Truth comes through investigation– Enlightenment thinkers will alsouse these ideas when questioninghuman nature and the responsibilityof citizens
Newton
• Gravity• Calculus• Universe held together by gravity of the sun
Versalius
• Dissected human body• Discovered Anatomy
Harvey• Blood circulates throughout the body• Pumped by the heart and returned through
the veins
Hooke, Boyle, and Priestly
• Hooke-cell• Boyle-Father of Modern Chemistry• Priestly-carbonation
Lavosier• Antoine-combustion• Marie-translated books
Impact of Scientific Revolution
• Ideas would challenge church authority
• Ideas would challenge traditional beliefs about nature and the universe
• Ideas would be based on reason and observation in the future
• Led people to question their governments
Catholic Church’s Reaction
• Resented the challenge to church authority
• Banned books• Convicted supporters of heresy