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The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution. 22.1. Roots of Modern Science. Before the 1500s, European science was based on either Classical views (Aristotle) or the Bible. By mid-1500s, scholars began challenging old assumptions This was the Scientific Revolution :. What was it?.

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The Scientific Revolution

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  1. The Scientific Revolution 22.1

  2. Roots of Modern Science • Before the 1500s, European science was based on either Classical views (Aristotle) or the Bible. • By mid-1500s, scholars began challenging old assumptions • This was the Scientific Revolution:

  3. What was it? • A new way of thinking about the natural world, based on observation. • Influences: • Classical Scholarship (often disagreed) • Muslim contributions (experimentation) • Renaissance curiosity & Age of Exploration

  4. Astronomy was First Challenge • 1500s, Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus begins the revolution by supporting the Heliocentric Theory(sun-centered theory)

  5. Tycho Brahe: Danish astronomer, added years of observable data to Copernicus’ work. • Johannes Kepler: proved that mathematical laws govern planetary movements & that they have elliptical orbits

  6. 1600: Giordano Bruno is burned by the Catholic Church for his beliefs

  7. Galileo Galilei • Italian astronomer; used observation to disprove old beliefs • Law of the Pendulum • Constancy of falling objects • Observed imperfections in heavenly objects

  8. He was put on trial by the Roman Inquisition and forced to recant

  9. The Scientific Method Logical procedure for gathering & testing ideas

  10. Who Developed it? • Sir Francis Bacon • English philosopher; supported experimentation • René Descartes • French mathematician; supported deductive logic

  11. Isaac Newton • Most important scientific mind until Einstein • Laws of physics • Whole universe is governed by same physical force = GRAVITATION

  12. Anton van Leeuwenhoek “Father of Microbiology” Zacharias Janssen invents the Microscope

  13. William Harvey maps the Circulatory System

  14. Edward Jenner develops the smallpox vaccine 1796

  15. Robert Boyle: “Father of Modern Chemistry

  16. Lavoisier & Priestley Discover Oxygen 1770s

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