1. WELCOME BACK!! SPRING SEMESTER 2013 What are your goals for the new year? What is your game plan to accomplish your goals? WH: study of the Scientific Revolution –Complete the “New Scientific Ideas” organizer –YOU WILL need a textbook to complete this activity today!!

2. Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution

3. Men with Ideas!

4. I: New Scientific Ideas Scientific Revolution came about because people saw inconsistencies in what they saw in nature Based on careful observations & experimentation Ptolemaic Universe: (geocentric) Earth is the center of the universe Copernican Universe: (heliocentric) Sun is the center of the universe

5. A.Scientific Revolution 1.Leader of the Scientific Revolution was the Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus a.developed the heliocentric theory 2.Johannes Kepler- German astronomer who came up with the theory of planetary motion

6. 3. Galileo Galilei a.1609- built the 1st telescope b.able to prove Copernicus’ theory that the earth revolves around the sun as correct c.est. universal laws of physics- inertia d.Catholic Church forced him to recant his beliefs

8. 4. Isaac Newton a. Considered the greatest genius of the Scientific Revolution b. est. theory of gravity c. developed calculus

9. B. New Ways of Thinking 1.Francis Bacon- English philosopher who helped dev. the scientific method a. steps of the scientific method: * observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and a scientific law proving it correct

10. Scientific Method

11. 2. Rene Descartes a. French philosopher & mathematician who wrote Discourse on Method –doubted everything except his own existence b. “I think therefore I am”

12. C. Investigating the Human Body 1. Andrea Vesalius a. studied human anatomy b. published On the Fabric of the Human Body 2. William Harvey a.blood circulates throughout the body 3. Robert Hooke a. discovered the cell

13. D. Experimenting with Chemistry 1. Robert Boyle- est. chemistry as a science a. proved air was a mixture of several gases 2. Joseph Priestly- discovered existence of oxygen & the properties of carbon dioxide a. led to the invention of carbonated drinks

14. E. Other contributions to Science 1. Zacharias Janssen (1590) inventor of the first microscope 2. Thermometer a. Gabriel Fahrenheit b. Anders Celsius 3. Evangelista Torricelli- invented the barometer