The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment by - Your Teachers

Table of Contents Chapter 1 The Scientific Revolution Section 1 Explanation Section 2 Copernicus Section 3 Galileo Section 4 Newton Chapter 2 The Enlightenment Section 2 Locke Section 3 Montesquieu Section 4 Diderot Chapter 3 Enlightened Rulers Section 1 Catherine the Great Section 2 Frederick the Great Chapter 4 Impact of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Chapter 1 - Section 1 The Scientific Revolution The definition of science is knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. The Scientific Revolution was a time when people used reason instead of superstition. During the medieval times science was limited to alchemy and astronomy. With the rise of universities, contact with non-Western societies, the Renaissance and exploration people became more educated and desired to learn more.

Section 2 Copernicus One of the great scientist of the revolution was Polish mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). He is one of the first to go against church doctrine and say that the universe was heliocentric and not geocentric

Section 3 Galileo

Section 4 Newton

Chapter 2 The Enlightenment