Scientific Revolution

• The "Scientific Revolution" refers to historical changes in thought & belief, to changes in social & institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe between 1550-1700;

• Began with Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543), who spoke of a heliocentric (sun-centered) universe, and ended with Isaac Newton (1642-1727), who proposed universal laws and a Mechanical Universe.

Scientific Method

- Francis Bacon “Father of the Scientific Revolution” encouraged scientist to use the scientific method.

- Observation and experimentation

- Religion, superstition, and fear were replaced by reason and knowledge

- Testable hypothesis

Nicolas Copernicus• First Astronomer to

formulate the heliocentric theory.

• This theory put the sun as the center of the universe, instead of the earth which had first been believed.

• His theories would later be backed up by Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton.

Galileo

• He is called the “father of science” and the father of modern observational astronomy.

• His achievements include improving the telescope and astronomical observations

• Affirmed Copernicus’s theory (Heliocentric Theory)

Sir Isaac Newton• Used the Scientific

Method to make several discoveries

• His discoveries helped inspire Enlightenment Thinkers

• Newton’s theory on Gravity helped prove the Heliocentric Theory and advanced the thoughts of the Scientific Revolution.

Laws of Motion• Object in motion will stay

in motion unless acted on by outside force

• Acceleration depends on Force & Mass. F=ma

• For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction

Notes

•Title: Scientific Revolution: The historical change in thought and belief

• The Scientific Revolution & The Scientific Method

• Important People of the Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution

- Started in the European Renaissance and continued through the 17th & 18 Centuries

- It rejected traditional authority and church teachings

- Used the Scientific Method to make direct observations of nature

The Scientific Method

- Developed by Francis Bacon

- People observed nature, made hypotheses, and tested their hypotheses through experiments

Important People of the Scientific Revolution

• Nicolas Copernicus• First Astronomer to formulate the heliocentric theory

that the sun was the center of the universe• Galileo “The Father of Science”

• His achievements include improving the telescope and astronomical observations

• Affirmed Copernicus’s theory (Heliocentric Theory)• Sir Isaac Newton

• Newton’s theory on Gravity helped prove the Heliocentric Theory

• Developed the “Laws of Gravity” • Robert Boyle

• Used the scientific principals of observation and experimentation to create Boyle’s Law: Principals of Physics

Video

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vufba_ZcoR0