Chapter 22 Section 1 Notes. I. The Roots of Modern Science.

Chapter 22 Section 1 Notes

I. The Roots of Modern Science

A. Scientific Revolution was a new way of thinking about the

natural world based upon careful observation

B. Nicolaus Copernicus authors the heliocentric theory sun centered theory of the Solar

system

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)

1. Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies

C. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe carefully recorded the movements of the Planets

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

Uraniburg, which became the finest observatory in Europe.

  Mural Quadrant Sextant

D. Johannes Kepler stated that certain mathematical laws govern

plantery motion

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

E. 1609 Galileo Galilei used a telescope to study the heavens

and publishes a series of newsletters called Starry

Messenger

1. Church forced him in 1633 to recant

F. Francis Bacon uses the Scientific Method a logical

procedure for gathering and testing ideas

G. Rene Descartes develops analytical geometry linking

algebra and geometry, Used mathematics and

logic to answer questions

H. Sir Isaac Newton wrote Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy in 1687

1. Laws of Motion

I. Zacharias Jansen first microscope Dutch eyeglass

maker

J. Evangelista Torricelli develops the first mercury barometer in

1643

K. 1714 Dutch physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first

thermometer to use Mercury in glass

L. 1742 Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius created another

scale for the mercury Thermometer using the metric system

Anders Celsius1701-1744

M. 1543 Andreas Vesalius a Flemish physician dissected

human corpses andWrote his book, On The

Fabric of the Human Body

N. William Harvey English doctor with first circulatory

system 1628 wroteOn The Motion of the

Heart and Blood in Animals

O. Robert Boyle 1661 wrote The Sceptical Chymist book on

elements and matter