THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Dec 14, 2015
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
Changing the Views of the Universe
Copernicus Challenges Ancient Astronomy Published Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Proposed a Heliocentric model of the universe
Tycho Brahe Provided evidence supporting Copernicus Studied the night sky watching the movement of
the heavenly bodies After his death his assistant Johannes Kepler
used Brahe’s research to calculate the orbits of the planets
Geo Centric Map
Galileo Galilei
Dutch Invent a device used to spot ship on the horizon
Galileo points it to the sky Discovered mountains on the moon Builds larger telescope and observes
moons of Jupiter orbiting Finding contradicted the ancient views of
the world was condemned by the church
No One Expect the Spanish Inquisition
What Happened…
Tried by the Inquisition Ordered to spent the rest of his life in
prison Made to recant his findings and say the
Earth is stationary
Muttered under his breath “and yet it moves”
His telescope
New Scientific Method
Despite the opposition of the church during the 1600 a new way to approach science emerged
During the Renaissance the works of Plato are rediscovered
Plato taught that Man should look beyond the simple explanation to learn natures truths
Helped shape the view of the world
Step by Step process
Scientific Method is used as a process of discoveryRequires scientist to collect data and explain the data using a hypothesis
Francis Bacon – stressed experimentation and observation
Rene Descartes – emphasized human reasoning
Breakthroughs in Medicine
Made efforts to study the human body
Was thought against to Church to dissect a human so until this point had to dissect animals
Andreas Vesalius
Published On the Structure of the human body First accurate detailed study of the human
body Believed in using what ever means necessary
to increase knowledge Used influence to be invited to Autopsies
Ambroise Pare
Developed an effective ointment for treating infections
Invented new surgical techniques Introduced the use of artificial limbs
Other discoveries
William Harvey – how the heart works
Anton von Leeuwenhoek – Microscope Became the first to see human cells