Chapter 22 Section 1 Notes

I. The Roots of Modern Science

A. Scientific Revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world basedupon careful observation

B. Nicolaus Copernicus authors the heliocentric theory sun centered theory of the Solar system Nicolaus Copernicus ( )

1. Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies

C. Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe carefully recorded the movements of the Planets T ycho Brahe ( ) UraniburgUraniburg, which became the finest observatory in Europe. Mural Quadrant Sextant

D. Johannes Kepler stated that certain mathematical laws govern plantery motion Johannes Kepler ( )

E Galileo Galilei used a telescope to study the heavens and publishes a series of newsletters called Starry Messenger

1. Church forced him in 1633 to recant

F. Francis Bacon uses the Scientific Method a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

G. Rene Descartes develops analytical geometry linking algebra and geometry, Used mathematics and logic to answer questions

H. Sir Isaac Newton wrote Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy in Laws of Motion

I. Zacharias Jansen first microscope Dutch eyeglass maker

J. Evangelista Torricelli develops the first mercury barometer in 1643

K Dutch physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use Mercury in glass

L Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius created another scale for the mercury Thermometer using the metric system Anders Celsius

M Andreas Vesalius a Flemish physician dissected human corpses and Wrote his book, On The Fabric of the Human Body

N. William Harvey English doctor with first circulatory system 1628 wrote On The Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals

O. Robert Boyle 1661 wrote The Sceptical Chymist book on elements and matter