1. The Scientific
Revolution:
Science Breaks
with Tradition

2. What do the following
pictures have in
common???

9. things all went against
Answer: The people
who studied these
things all went against
sacred Catholic
teachings.

10. Scientists of the Scientific Revolution
#2 Nicholas Copernicus – believed the Earth revolves around the sun.
#1 William Harvey - Proved the heart pumps blood, not air
Scientists of the Scientific Revolution
#5 Issac Newton – Invented Calculus; discovered gravity
#4 Galileo Galilei – Proved Copernicus right; invented the effective telescope; inertia
#3 Andreas Vesalius – First to study human anatomy in 1500 years

11. Terms to Know
Heliocentric = Copernicus’ theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
Inertia = Galileo’s belief that all bodies move in a straight line unless some force moves it another way
Scientific Method = Strict rules for conducting an experiment

12. #1 William Harvey
First to correctly prove that the heart pumps blood.

13. blood circulates through the heart and body
William Harvey…
blood circulates through the heart and body

14. Where does blood come from?
No…food doesn’t turn into blood
Yes…Harvey proved blood circulated through the body inside veins and arteries

15. #2 – Nicolaus Copernicus
Founder of modern astronomy

16. Nicholas Copernicus believed the sun was center of the universe

17. HELIOCENTRIC = Copernicus’ belief that the sun is the center of the universe.

18. #3 – Andreas Vesalius
First to study human anatomy in 1500 years.

19. Examples of tools used by Vesalius for dissection/inspection of bodies

20. Dissection would answer many questions the people had…but it was not approved of by the Catholic Church!

21. #4 – Galileo Galilei Came up with law of inertia
Invented the first effective telescope
Lived in Italy (not good)
Threatened the Church

22. Galileo’s map of the stars…not the Hollywood types!

23. TELESCOPES
Galileo believed that all should study the stars and the planets.
Telescopes certainly helped.

24. Some telescopes were HUGE!
One of Galileo’s Telescopes
Some telescopes were HUGE!

25. #5 – Issac Newton
Made great strides in study of gravity, heat and light.

26. Newton believed in the theory of Gravity…now we know it is true.

27. The Scientific Method:
What are the three steps?
The five scientists all had to write down their observations and follow strict rules for conducting their experiments. These rules are known as The Scientific Method.
3) Make conclusions based on the experiment
1) Form a
hypothesis
2) Test your hypothesis

28. How did the Church react to these scientists?
Major disagreements!
Some thrown in jail
Science books banned
Forced them to recant (take back their words)

29. Even with fear of punishment, how did these scientists change Church beliefs?
Harvey – changed belief on function of heart
Copernicus – came up with heliocentric theory (earth revolves around sun)
Vesalius – changed belief on how human anatomy (body) functions
Galileo – used telescope to map stars
Newton – gravity forces objects to fall at the same speed and holds the universe together

30. So why are most of the Scientists in the Northern part of Europe???

31. They’re in Protestant counties that are no longer Catholic
Don’t care what the
Pope says
Those that do care are farther away from punishment of the Church… “The Espinoza Factor”