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Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution . 1600s to early 1700s . Beginning of Revolution . Rene Descartes created the ground works for modern formal logic and revitalized the ancient concept of scientific method. . Scientific Method . Process scientist use to execute an experiment.

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Scientific Revolution

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  1. Scientific Revolution 1600s to early 1700s

  2. Beginning of Revolution • Rene Descartes created the ground works for modern formal logic and revitalized the ancient concept of scientific method.

  3. Scientific Method • Process scientist use to execute an experiment. • Question – What does the scientist want to learn more about? • Research – Gather information • Hypothesis – an “educated” guess of a answer to the question

  4. Scientific Method • Procedure/Method - Written and carefully followed step-by-step experiment designed to test the hypothesis • Data – Information collected during the experiment • Observations – Written description of what was noticed during the experiment • Conclusion – Was the hypothesis correct or incorrect?

  5. New Discoveries in Science • Types of matter: liquid, solid, or gas • Whether light consists of waves or particles • Living creatures are made of cells • Existence of capillaries(body) • Concept of a vacuum • Creation of the science of statistics

  6. Improvements in Science • Telescopes • Microscopes • Pendulum Clock • Thermometer • Barometer

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