1. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION How did the following help pave the way for the Scientific Revolution?
Renaissance
Age of Exploration

2. Encouraged a spirit of curiosity (humanism…)
*man and his world
General re-birth of learning (classics...)
*Greeks and Romans
Printing press helps spread new ideas

3. Need for better tools for navigation…
*Research in astronomy and math increases
Explorers make more discoveries about the world…
*adds to scientific knowledge of the world

4. Heliocentric, but still dealt with perfect circles
Copernicus
Heliocentric, but still dealt with perfect circles
Retrograde motions explained by earth’s movements
Church was OK with it, opened doors to more study but it was NOT accurate

5. Brahe and Kepler
Tyco Brahe ( ) - some planets revolved around earth, others the sun, left thousands of observations
Johannes Kepler ( ) – Brahe’s assistance, orbits of planets are elliptical

6. Galileo Galilei ( )
Used Telescope – to observe – universe much more complex
Confirms Copernicus
Stated that the bible is wrong
1992 – Pope John Paul II admitted errors by Pope Urban VIII advisors at the trial

7. Rene Descartes (1596-1650) I think, therefore I am
Deductive reasoning – deducing a conclusion from a set of premises not from scientific observation
Mathematics is the foundation of all science

8. Became a hero in his time, wealthy Victory of scientific method
Sir Isaac Newton ( )
Gravity – matter attracts particles with a force proportional to the product of the two masses
Became a hero in his time, wealthy
Victory of scientific method

9. Scientific Instruments Telescope; Microscope, Barometer, Thermometer
OTHER DISCOVERIES
Scientific Instruments
Telescope; Microscope, Barometer, Thermometer

10. Medicine
*Human Anatomy Studied; 1st Vaccine (Smallpox)

11. Women during the Scientific Revolution
Difficult for women
Margaret Cavendish ( ) – wrote of science, often critically - correctly
Maria Cunitz – astronomer, author
Wives often helped husbands, actually co-worked although husbands received the credit