scientific revolution thinkers
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The Scientific Revolution
I can identify key scientists of the
Scientific Revolution.
Why a “Revolution”
• In with the New
• Early Modern
– Observation leads to
hypothesis
– Reason
– Asking why and
questioning your
surroundings
• Out w/the Old
• Medieval
– Magic
– Mysticism
– Ancient writings
Bad Science
• Bad Science
• Ptolemy's Structure:
• Planets are fixed in
space
• WE FOUND GOD…
at the edge of the
universe
Nicolaus Copernicus
• Heliocentric: sun is at the center of the universe.
• Earth’s Axis
– Rotation & Revolution
• Friends publish studies just before he dies
Copernicus’ Universe
Johannes Kepler
(Protestant)
• German astronomer
and mathematician
• Proved (w/math)
1. Earth does revolve
around the Sun
2. Orbit is an ellipse
3. Planets move faster
approaching sun…
4. Planets are not orbs of
light
Galileo Galilei
(Catholic)Italian mathematician
• Observations of moons of Jupiter support Kepler’sviews
• Universal law of physics: inertia
Galileo’s Trial
• The Catholic
Church couldn’t
have someone
question their
knowledge/power
• Galileo’s theories
were dangerous
Sir Isaac Newton
• Devised the law of
gravity & Newton’s
Laws of Motion
• Gravity
– Why we don’t fly off the
earth
– Why planets move
• Calculus
Sir Francis Bacon
• English Philosopher
• Ideas based on
tradition or unproven
facts should be
discarded
• Helps develop the
Scientific Method
The Scientific Method
• Watch, Guess, Test,
Repeat
• Same answer ALL of
the time = LAW
• TRUTH is deduced
through reason and
experimentation
Maria Winkelmann
• Trained as an
astronomer by her
father.
• When her husband
dies, she tries to
find work on her
own.
• Denied because she
was a woman
Rene Descartes
• Truth MUST come
from Reason
• Doubts everything
• (illusions)
• “I think, therefore I
am”
Count the Black Dots
Are the lines crooked or straight?
How many legs does the elephant
have?
Read the Sign Aloud
Face or Eskimo?
Musician or Woman’s Face?
How many faces do you see?
Summary
• The Scientific Revolution was a radical
change in Europe. It brought new ideas and
theories and challenged current thought.
The Scientific Revolution has shaped
modern science.