A Revolution? What is a revolution? A sudden or extreme change How does a revolution begin? Many different ways Typically starts with one idea that is different from the normal

The Basics

What’s the Big Deal? Scientific Revolution will change the way people viewed the world around them Began to question old beliefs

The Scientific Revolution: Before Before Scientific Revolution, knowledge often based on superstition and old beliefs Church stated that all old beliefs were truth Disagreeing with the Church was heresy and could lead to death

The Scientific Revolution: The Beginning Geocentric Theory Earth is center of the universe God created the Earth and humans therefore it is the center Copernicus develops the Heliocentric Theory Idea that the sun was the center of the universe and not Earth Will not publish ideas until end of his life Why? Scared of punishment of Church

The Theories that Started it All Geocentric Theory Heliocentric Theory

The Scientific Revolution: Beginnings Galileo Confirms Copernicus’s theory Church puts him on trial – Galileo says he made it all up and stays on house arrest the rest of his life Too late – ideas are already spreading and making more people think

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The Scientific Revolution: It Starts Opposite of basing ideas on belief and superstition is using reason Knowledge will now be based on reason Using logic and observation to figure something out

The Scientific Revolution: It Starts Francis Bacon Develops the Scientific Method – a logical method to gather information 5 Steps in Scientific Method 1. Question 2. Hypothesis 3. Test 4. Evaluate and Analyze 5. Conclusion

More Important People of Scientific Revolution Isaac Newton – discovered Laws of Gravity and Laws of Motion Harvey – discovered circulation of the blood, studied the human body Anton van Leeuwenhoek – used a microscope to observe bacteria and red blood cells Edward Jenner – created a vaccine for smallpox

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