CHAPTER 22 LESSON 1
Heliocentric Theory
challenge accepted ways of thinking about God and salvation.
NICOLAS CAPERNICUS
both believed that scientist needed to reject old assumptions and teaching
BACON
DESCARTES
expermental method / empericism
mathematics & logic
Scholars generally relied on ancient authorities, chrch teachings, common sense, and reasoning to explain the physicall world
In time, scholars began to use observations, expermentation, and scientific reasoning to gather knowledge and draw conclusions about the physical world
The founder of modern chemistry