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The Scientific revolution. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ Y-svkL6zdo Pause and reflect http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaVov1Zci6w&feature=related http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxX7uVg2fcs&feature=related. Beliefs of the catholic church.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y-svkL6zdo • Pause and reflect • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaVov1Zci6w&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxX7uVg2fcs&feature=related
Beliefs of the catholic church • Geocentric Theory: the earth was center of the universe and the sun, moon, and planets revolved around the earth • -proposed by Greek philosopher Aristotle in 300s BC • -for centuries scholars & the church accepted this belief • Inquisition: • Institution in the Catholic Church charged with removing heretical ideas (ideas against the Church’s teachings) and those who believed them
The scientific method • Truth comes after inquiry – different from past when experimentation was used to prove a commonly held belief • Francis Bacon – stressed experimentation and observation • Rene Descartes: Everything should be doubted until proven by reason
Nicolauscopernicus • The sun, not the earth, was at the center of the solar system • Heliocentric Theory: The earth revolves around the sun • Completely new idea! • Developed mathematical equation of how this process worked • On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres • Teachings contradict the church
Galileo galilei • Italian scientist • Built first telescope • First to observe Saturn, the craters on the moon, sunspots, and moons of Jupiter • Discovered the Milky Way is full of stars • Wrote Starry Messenger
Isaac newton • English scientist • The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy • Law of universal gravitation: gravity affects objects in the universe as well as on earth- gravity keeps the planets in their orbit • Developed calculus