Todays Warm Up Think back to science class

Today’s Warm Up • Think back to science class and all the times you’ve conducted science experiments. List all the steps of the scientific method (or as many as you remember! )

Today’s LEQ • How did the Scientific Revolution change the way people thought about the world? Internal Use Only

The Scientific Revolution “The Renaissance enabled a scientific revolution which let scholars look at the world in a different light. Religion, superstition, and fear were replaced by reason and knowledge. ” - Scientist, J. D. Bernal

A key difference… • The Renaissance looked to the past. • The Scientific Revolution looked to the future.

Views Changed… • Copernicus - From geocentric to heliocentric (supported by Brahe and Kepler) • Galileo – first telescope • Newton – gravity and the laws of motion

Many Resisted… • Ptolemy and Aristotle wrong? !? ! • Contradicted the church – Galileo - “It does move. ”

More Scientific Advances… • Shift from alchemy to chemistry • Advances in medicine – Vesalius – accurate and detailed drawing of human anatomy

More on Medicine… • Pare’ – ointment for infections, stitches • Harvey – circulation of blood

The Scientific Method • New approach to science – Observations and experimentation “. . . sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of experience, the mother of all certainty. ” - Leonardo da Vinci

Modern Philosophy • Backed by reason and knowledge “I think therefore I am. ” - Descartes

“New Ideas” Heliocentric universe Scientific method New medicine gravity Finding truths - “I think therefore I am”