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The Scientific Revolution

Chapter 18. The Scientific Revolution. Scientific Thought in 1500. Scientific thought in the early 1500s was based on ancient and medieval principles European notions about the universe were based on Aristotelian principles

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The Scientific Revolution

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  1. Chapter 18 The Scientific Revolution

  2. Scientific Thought in 1500 • Scientific thought in the early 1500s was based on ancient and medieval principles • European notions about the universe were based on Aristotelian principles • A chief feature of this view was the belief in a motionless, static earth at the center of the universe • Ten crystal spheres moved around the earth

  3. The Copernican Hypothesis • Copernicus overturned the medieval view of the universe • He postulated that the earth revolved around the sun and that the sun was the center of the universe • This heliocentric view was a departure from the medieval view endorsed by both Catholic and Protestant churchmen Nicolaus Copernicus

  4. From Brahe to Galileo • Scholars from Brahe to Galileo refined and collected evidence in support of Copernicus’s model • Brahe built an observatory and collected data • Galileo discovered the laws of motion using the experimental method Galileo Galilei Tycho Brahe

  5. Newton’s Synthesis • Newton synthesized the integral parts into a whole • Newton integrated the astronomy of Copernicus and Kepler with the physics of Galileo • He formulated a set of mathematical principles to explain motion • At the core of Newton’s theory was the universal law of gravitation Isaac Newton

  6. Causes of the Scientific Revolution • Medieval universities had provided the framework for the new view • The Renaissance stimulated science by rediscovering ancient mathematics • Better ways of obtaining knowledge about the world, indlucing improved tools such as telescopes and sextants, improved the scientific method A sextant

  7. Causes Etc. • Bacon advocated empirical, experimental research • Descartes emphasized deductive reasoning and was the first to graph equations Rene Descartes Francis Bacon

  8. Consequences of the Scientific Revolution • The Scientific Revolution helped create the international scientific community • It resulted in the development of the scientific method • The Scientific Revolution had few economic and social consequences for the masses until the 18th c.

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