1. The Scientific Revolution

2. Roots of Modern Science
Before 1500,
Scholars decided true/false by referring to an ancient Greek/Roman authors or to the Bible
Geocentric Theory
Renaissance and Reformation sparked the Scientific Revolution:
A new way of thinking about the natural world
Exploration
Navigators needed better instruments to determine their locations in the open sea

3. A Revolutionary Model of the Universe
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the Heliocentric Theory

5. Johannes Kepler Elliptical Orbits, NOT circles
Demonstrated mathematically that the Heliocentric Theory is true

7. Galileo Galilei Built a telescope
Discovered the moon was rough & had an uneven surface

8. Galileo Galilei
1633 – Galileo was summoned to stand trial before the Inquisition
His books and ideas spread all over Europe

10. “With sincere heart and unpretended faith I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies [of Copernicus] and also every other error ……contrary to the Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert ……anything that might cause a similar suspicion toward me.” -Galileo Galilei

11. In 1992, Pope John Paul II acknowledged that Galileo was correct.

12. Francis Bacon Urged scientists to keep experimenting
He believed the more we know, the better our lives will be

13. Rene’ Descartes Encouraged scientists
Prove new findings through mathematics & logic, not with experiments

14. The Scientific Method
Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
1) question
2) hypothesis
3) experiment to test
4) analyze/interpret
(either proving or disproving the hypothesis)

15. The Scientific Revolution Spreads

16. Isaac Newton Discovers the law of gravity
“Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”
God was the creator of the universe