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The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution. Do Now:. What is a social REVOLUTION? Describe a REVOLUTION occurring right now. What are the elements of a REVOLUTION?. Causes of the Scientific Revolution. Medieval Intellectual Life and Medieval Universities The Italian Renaissance

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The Scientific Revolution

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  1. The Scientific Revolution

  2. Do Now: • What is a social REVOLUTION? • Describe a REVOLUTION occurring right now. • What are the elements of a REVOLUTION?

  3. Causes of the Scientific Revolution • Medieval Intellectual Life and Medieval Universities • The Italian Renaissance • Renewed emphasis on mathematics • Renaissance system of patronage • Navigational problems of long sea voyages • Better scientific instruments

  4. Effects of the Scientific Revolution • Beginnings of modern science • Belief in progress and power of reason • New view of the universe as a well-ordered system

  5. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543) Sun-centered universe Challenged circular orbits Universe of staggering size Earth no different than any other planet On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (1543)

  6. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) Most sophisticated observatory of his day Discovered & named the Supernova Discovered comet shooting right through crystalline spheres Wanted to prove Copernicus wrong, his measurements led Kepler to prove the heliocentric theory correct

  7. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) Student of Brahe Planetary motion conforms to mathematical formula Elliptical orbits Planets do not move at uniform speeds in their orbits

  8. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Early practitioner of the experimental method Mathematical formula for acceleration of falling objects Law of inertia His discoveries using the telescope Challenges categories of “form” and “matter” End of his life-found guilty of heresy, spent the rest of his life on house arrest.

  9. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Father of the Scientific Revolution The Inductive Method Emphasis on practical, useful knowledge New attitude toward nature

  10. Scientific “Revolutionaries” Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Significance of Doubt Spatial relationships can be expressed in mathematical formulas Father of “analytical geometry”

  11. The Scientific Method A set of techniques for acquiring new knowledge about the natural world based on observable, measurable evidence.

  12. Rise of the “Scientific Community” • Laws discovered by human reason • “De-Spiritualized”and de-mystified the Universe • Mechanical View of the Universe The modern scientific method • A universe ordered according to natural laws Consequences of the Scientific Revolution

  13. In your opinion, which scientist made the greatest accomplishment? Explain your answer.

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