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Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution. How did the Renaissance and Age of Exploration help pave the way for the Scientific Revolution?. Renaissance: scholars uncovered many classical manuscripts and the printing press was introduced to Europe.

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Scientific Revolution

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  1. Scientific Revolution

  2. How did the Renaissance and Age of Exploration help pave the way for the Scientific Revolution? • Renaissance: scholars uncovered many classical manuscripts and the printing press was introduced to Europe. • Exploration: seeing new lands, peoples, and animals made people curious; navigators needed better instruments and geographical measurements.

  3. Scientists • Nicolaus Copernicus: heliocentric theory • Johannes Kepler: elliptical orbits of the planets • Galileo Galilei: law of the pendulum, objects fall at the same speed no matter their weight, supported theories of Copernicus • Isaac Newton: law of gravity

  4. Developments • Scientific instruments: microscope (observation of bacteria and red blood cells), barometer, thermometer (Fahrenheit then Celsius) • Medicine: autopsy (detailed drawings of organs, bones, and muscles), the function of heart and blood vessels, and the development of vaccines • Chemistry: Boyle’s law, oxygen is separated from air and given its name

  5. Scientific Method • Francis Bacon: introduces the experimental method to better understand the world • Rene Descartes: analytical geometry relied on math and logic; “I think, therefore I am” • Modern: observation + experimentation + general laws expressed by math = a better understanding

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