The Scientific Revolution

CHAPTER 22  LESSON 1

WHY STUDY ?

The scientific method developed during this time is still in use today

Democratic governments trace their foundations to Enlightenment ideas.

Scientific advances discovered in the Scientific Revolution continue to impact our lives today.

Tension between scientific and religious communities continues in modern society (e.g. issue of evolution)

Main Idea

In the mid-1500s scientist began to question beliefs and make new theories based on experimentation

Why It Matters Today

Such questioning led to the development of the scientific method still use today

Terms & Names

  • Geocentric Theory
  • Scientific REvolution
  • Heliocentric Theory


  • Galileo Galilei
  • scientific method
  • Isaac Newton

Religious Movement 

the Reformation

challenge accepted ways of thinking about God and salvation.

TRUE
OR
FALSE

The Medieval View

GEOCENTRIC THEORY

New Way of Thinking

mid- 1500s

scholars replaced old assumptions with new theories

REVOLUTION

a sudden, complete or  change in something

REVOLUTIONARY  MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE

Nicolas Copernicus

  • studied planetary movements for 25 years.
  • reasoned that the stars, the earth, and other planets revolved around the sun.

NICOLAS CAPERNICUS

Galileo Galilei

Conflict with the Church

his findings firghtened both Catholic and the Protestants

In 1992, the Catholic Church officially acknowledged that Galileo had been right

The revolution scientific thinking of Capernicus, Kepler, and Galileo led to ...

both believed that scientist needed to reject old assumptions and teaching

BACON

DESCARTES

Approach in Gaining Knowledge

expermental method / empericism

mathematics & logic

OLD SCIENCE

Scholars generally relied on ancient authorities, chrch teachings, common sense, and reasoning to explain the physicall world

NEW SCIENCE

In time, scholars began to use observations, expermentation, and scientific reasoning to gather knowledge and draw conclusions about the physical world

RECAP

ISAAC NEWTON

& THE LAW OF GRAVITY

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION SPREADS

Scientific Tools

The Human Anatomy

Galen vs. Andreas Vesalius

Discoveries in Chemistry

Robert Boyle

The founder of modern chemistry

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