The Scientific Revolution Changing Views of the Universe

The Scientific Revolution

Changing Views of the Universe • Renaissance spirit of inquiry led scientists to explore beyond the knowledge of the ancients. 1. Old Views 2. Copernicus Offers a New Theory 3. Church Rejects Galileo’s Discoveries

Ptolemy • Old Theories • Ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy believed that the Earth was at the center of the universe and the sun and stars revolved around it. • Geocentric Theory.

Copernicus • New Theories • Sun was at the center of the universe. • Heliocentric Theory.

Galileo • • • Confirms Copernicus’s Theory Builds new Telescope Sees Moon’s surface Moons of Jupiter Goes against beliefs of church: • Heaves are fixed; Unmoving “and yet it moves”

Scientific Method • Early 1600 s new approach to science emerges. • Observation and experimentation. • Create new scientific laws. • A step-by-step process to prove of disprove a theory Prove it!!

Scientific Method

Breakthroughs in Medicine and Chemistry • 1500 s and 1600 s dramatic changes in science. • Copernicus, Bacon, and Descartes: rejected long-held assumptions. • Relied on new technology: microscope, and availability of printed books.

Breakthroughs in Medicine and Chemistry Scientific investigation: changed how physicians learned about the human body.

• Scientific Revolution: 1550 -1700 • Enlightenment: 1685 -1815 • Enlightened Rulers: 1700 s • Revolutions: 1770 -1780 s