1. Scientific Revolution
Follow Up to the Renaissance

2. Changing Views of the Universe
Original View of the Universe
Aristotle was the accepted expert
Earth was thought to be the center of the universe, known as geocentric.
Ptolemy was the champion of this view point.
Church accepted this point of view and all other view points were seen as heresy.

3. Challenges to this View
Copernicus and Kepler
In 1543 Copernicus published his findings that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe.
Idea is called heliocentric
Kepler took Copernicus’ idea one step further and showed the rotation of the planets around the sun.
These orbits were believed to be oval-shaped and were called ellipses.

4. Galileo New Scientific Method
Lived in Italy and used a telescope to look at the moons of Jupiter
He was condemned by the Church
He was placed under house arrest and was threatened with death
New Scientific Method
New approached on observation and experimentation, which Plato had said years before
Descartes
Believed the only thing in the world is doubt and in order to doubt he had to rationalize
Famous saying, “I think therefore I am”

5. Isaac Newton Robert Boyle Francis Bacon
Law of gravity- single force attracts objects to each other.
Creates the discipline of calculus
Robert Boyle
Studied chemistry
Boyle’s Law, volume of gas varies with the pressure exerted on it
Francis Bacon
Develops the Scientific Method

6. Breakthrough in Medicine
Vesalius comes up with the first accurate and detailed study of human anatomy
Blood circulation was discovered to be from the heart and people have one type of blood.
Did work with artificial limbs and surgical techniques