THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

Changing the Views of the Universe

Copernicus Challenges Ancient Astronomy Published Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres Proposed a Heliocentric model of the universe

Tycho Brahe Provided evidence supporting Copernicus Studied the night sky watching the movement of

the heavenly bodies After his death his assistant Johannes Kepler

used Brahe’s research to calculate the orbits of the planets

Geo Centric Map

Galileo Galilei

Dutch Invent a device used to spot ship on the horizon

Galileo points it to the sky Discovered mountains on the moon Builds larger telescope and observes

moons of Jupiter orbiting Finding contradicted the ancient views of

the world was condemned by the church

No One Expect the Spanish Inquisition

What Happened…

Tried by the Inquisition Ordered to spent the rest of his life in

prison Made to recant his findings and say the

Earth is stationary

Muttered under his breath “and yet it moves”

His telescope

New Scientific Method

Despite the opposition of the church during the 1600 a new way to approach science emerged

During the Renaissance the works of Plato are rediscovered

Plato taught that Man should look beyond the simple explanation to learn natures truths

Helped shape the view of the world

Step by Step process

Scientific Method is used as a process of discoveryRequires scientist to collect data and explain the data using a hypothesis

Francis Bacon – stressed experimentation and observation

Rene Descartes – emphasized human reasoning

Breakthroughs in Medicine

Made efforts to study the human body

Was thought against to Church to dissect a human so until this point had to dissect animals

Andreas Vesalius

Published On the Structure of the human body First accurate detailed study of the human

body Believed in using what ever means necessary

to increase knowledge Used influence to be invited to Autopsies

Ambroise Pare

Developed an effective ointment for treating infections

Invented new surgical techniques Introduced the use of artificial limbs

Other discoveries

William Harvey – how the heart works

Anton von Leeuwenhoek – Microscope Became the first to see human cells