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The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution. What was the Scientific Revolution?. The scientific revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world that was based on: Careful observation & A willingness to question accepted beliefs. How Did This Revolution Begin?. The Renaissance

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The Scientific Revolution

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  1. The Scientific Revolution

  2. What was the Scientific Revolution? • The scientific revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world that was based on: • Careful observation & • A willingness to question accepted beliefs.

  3. How Did This Revolution Begin? • The Renaissance • Interaction with Muslim Scholars • Re-Discovery of Ancient Texts • Discovery of the Americas • Moving Beyond the Limits of Ancient Knowledge

  4. Ptolemaic or Geocentric Theory Heliocentric Theory What Is The Correct Representation Of Our Solar System?

  5. What were the central sources of authority in medieval science? I postulate that the earth is the unmoving center of the universe. All other heavenly bodies revolve around it in perfect concentric circles. Beyond the last ring lies a the belt of stars and finally heaven. • The Ancient Greeks • The Church Ohh! That’s original! Why didn’t I think of that? Wait. . .that’s right, I did! Ptolemy Aristotle

  6. What was the Medieval View of the Solar System? • The earth is unmoving. • The earth is the center of the universe. • The other heavenly bodies (sun, moon, and other planets) revolve around the earth in perfect concentric circles. • The other heavenly bodies are perfect spheres. Astronomy = The study of space.

  7. What was the Medieval View of the World? • Beyond the heavenly bodies lies a thick belt of stars. • Heaven lies beyond the stars. • The placement and movement of all heavenly bodies is divine.

  8. Nicolaus Copernicus • Early 1500s • Heliocentric Theory • Fear and Anxiety

  9. Galileo Galilei • Built the Telescope • Discovered four moons of Jupiter • Found sun spots • Noticed the moon had a rough, uneven surface • The Starry Messenger (1610)

  10. Galileo’s Controversy • He supported Copernicus • Catholic and Protestant Churches Protest • Trial and Silence in 1633

  11. -Spent rest of his life under house arrest-Galileo said new science was not anti-Christian-His ideas did not refute the Bible-Bible difficult to interpret, nature another way that God reveals himself- Eventually cleared of wrongdoing in 1992! Galileo at trial before the Inquisition in 1633. Painting, 17th century.

  12. What Was The Scientific Method? • Francis Bacon • Problem or questions arising from an observation • Form Hypothesis • Test Hypothesis • Analyze Data and reach Conclusion • Rene Descartes • Developed analytical geometry • “I think therefore I am.” • Everything should be doubted until proven by reason!

  13. How did Isaac Newton contribute to the New World View? • Universal Theory of Motion (forces the same on earth and in space) • Laws of Gravity

  14. The Scientific Revolution Spreads Advances made in Chemistry, Medicine, Scientific Instruments

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