Scientific Revolution Why do new ideas often spark

Scientific Revolution • Why do new ideas often spark change? • How do new ways of thinking affect the way people respond to their surroundings?

Causes of the Scientific Revolution What developments were the foundation of the Scientific Revolution? I. FOUNDATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOULUTION A. Roots in the past: B. Basis of the revolution: What were three ideas, discoveries, or inventions that led up to the Scientific Revolution?

Scientific Breakthroughs What role did scientific breakthroughs play during the Sci Rev? What obstacles did participants in the Sci Rev Face? II. DISCOVERIES IN ASTRONOMY AND MOTION A. B. C. D. Changing views of the universe: Galileo’s discoveries Newton’s laws: Medicine A. E. Andreas Vesalius & William Harvey Chemistry A. Blaise Pascal, Robert Boyle, & Antoine Lavoisier How did Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo improve our understanding of the universe?

III. FEMALE SCEINTISTS’ ADVANCES A. Winkelmann & Cavendish: A. Winkelmann discovered a comet B. Cavendish - Observations upon Experimental Philosophy What obstacles did women scientist face during the Scientific Revolution?

Philosophy & Reason How did the Scientific Revolution change people’s world view? IV. REASON AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD A. Descartes & rationalism: B. Bacon & the scientific method: KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATURAL WORLD THROUGH OBSERVATION & EXPERIMENTATION