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13.5 Scientific Revolution

13.5 Scientific Revolution. Objectives. Explain how new discoveries in astronomy changed the way people viewed the universe. Analyze the contributions that Newton and other scientists made to the Scientific Revolution. Stuck in the past (Greeks and Church) Ptolemy’s geocentric theory

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13.5 Scientific Revolution

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  1. 13.5 Scientific Revolution

  2. Objectives • Explain how new discoveries in astronomy changed the way people viewed the universe. • Analyze the contributions that Newton and other scientists made to the Scientific Revolution.

  3. Stuck in the past (Greeks and Church) Ptolemy’s geocentric theory How did they come up with this idea? The Old Way

  4. Began Mid-1500’s Causes: necessity rebirth in learning during Renaissance Challenging older ways and ancient ideas Scientific Revolution

  5. Copernicus (1543) On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. Proposed heliocentric theory Backlash Tycho Brahe’s observatory Johannes Kepler, used Brahe’s observations, supported with mathematical data (ellipse) Heliocentric Theory

  6. Started by discounting Aristotle/Ptolemy 1610 Assembled telescope, observed Jupiter’s moons revolve around the planet. Supported Copernicus and called to Rome in front of Inquisition “And yet it moves.” Outcome? Ideas stuck Galileo

  7. Scientific Method • Problem=hypothesis=data=conclusion • Bacon moved away from reliance on ancients, stressed experimentation and observation • Descartes “I think therefore I am” • Discourse on Method(1637) • Everything within human reason

  8. Scientific Revolution • Scientific Method needed new materials • Perfected Microscope by Leeuwenhoek(1590) • Fahrenheit and Celsius • Dissection of bodies • On the Structure of the Human Body • Vesalius, first accurate and detailed study of human anatomy • Harvey, circulation of blood and the heart • Inoculations

  9. One set of universal gravitation. Natural laws dominated earth/humanity. Can be measured and described mathematically Gravity PhilsophieNaturalis Principia Mathematica Newton

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