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The Scientific
Revolution 10.2
Chapter 6.1
Pgs. 189-194
Essential question
•How would you react to
revolutionary ideas?
SETTING THE STAGE
• The Scientific Revolution- Questioning the physical world!
Roots of Modern Science
• 400-1400 AD – Middle Ages
• What is true or false came from
– Greek
– Romans
– Bible
• Geocentric theory: earth is the center of the universe
– Comes from Aristotle and reinforced by the church
Scientific Revolution
• 1550-1700 AD
– Ideas based on careful
observation of 1. natural world
2. scientific study
3. question old beliefs
Discoveries and Circumstances
1. Printing Press spreads
ideas
• Scholars relied on ancient authorities, church teachings, to explain physical world.
Old Science
• Scholars began to use observation/ experimentation to draw conclusions about physical world.
New Science
1543 AD
big thinkers of (SR)
Copernicus-1543
Stars revolve around sun
Kepler-Elliptical Movement…ovals
around sun!
Galileo- 1633
Stands trial for science beliefs (earth revolves
around sun)
Francis Bacon- Scientific Method
Rene Descartes- Rationalism
wins!
Robert Boyle- 1661
Father of Chemistry
Isaac Newton- 1687 discovered
gravity- God made it!
Scientific
Revolution
Tools
Telescope– to study the sky
Microscope- made objects
300 times bigger
Thermometer- to measure temperature
Barometer- to
predict weather
The Scientific Method The Scientific Method
Observe some aspect of the
universe.
Observation then hypothesis
Predict based on hypothesis.
Test your predictions by
experiments and observation.
Correct hypothesis in light of
results.
Highlight
periods !
Summary: = 7 sentences