Scientific revolution

World History

• What is the age of exploration

Scientific revolution occurs during the 17th century, this is when humans used observation to solve questions or problems

Empiricism

• Empiricism led to the development of the scientific method it was introduced by Roger Bacon, (you learn through experience) 

• Francis bacon:

• Introduced the first scientific method 

• Rene Descartes 

  • Makes famous quote, “I think therefore I am” this means you can solve any problem using your brain

• Ptolemy

• Introduce the idea of geocentric model (earth- centered) Idea is that the earth is at the center is in the middle of the whole universe 

Nicolas Copernicus

• Heliocentric: the sun is at the center of the universe all heavenly bodies move around the sun including the earth, because geocentric was induced by the church and schools Copernicus idea will go against that 

• Johannes Kepler

Kelper will prove that others bodies move in elliptical motion (cirular motion)

3 laws of planetary motion

• Law of ellipses 

• Law of equal area

• Law of harmonies 

Galileo Galilei

• He is considered the father of science, he gives us the telescope, He is the first person to say 

  • saturn has rings 

  • Jupiter has four moons

  • There were mountains on the moon

  • stars were farther away than planets

Galileo Galilei

Galilei supported hiliocentisum that went against the catholic church and he is put on trial during the roman equsition he did not wanna be burned at the stack, he reccant then he was put on house arrest for the rest of his life

Issac Newton, said the world was like a clock and was runned on a certain rules,

• First person to introduce gravity 

• 3 laws

• Law of interia 

  • Bodies in motion stay in motion 

• Fundaments law of dynamics 

  • Velocities of objects change when outside force is applied 

• Law of reciprocal action 

  • Every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

• Issac newton created calculus 

• study of rate of change 

Galen (Acient medicine)

• Galen will write a book “ on the elements according to Hippocrates” where he describes 2 types of blood, good or bad so he supported blood phlegm (thats when he used leches to suck out blood to make it pure) 

• Also belives that he can force people

Adresas Vesalius

He writes the book “on the fabric of the human body” where he writes about the dissection on human cadvers he had performed (meaning he would cut people open)

William Harvey

He tells us the differences between veins and arteries (how blood flows)

Joseph British

He gets creidited for telling us earth is made up of oxygen, hydrogen and water

Carlous Linnaeus

He is gonna be the founder of botany (studie of plants)

Jean- Baptiste lamarck

He is the father of zoology (study of animals)

Rene Descartes

Came up with analytical geometry

Leeuwenhoek

Gives us the very first microscope

Robert Hookes

Very first person to see a cell

Galileo

sketch the first grandfather clock

Evangelista Torricelli

Created a perfect vacuum, noticed that the atmosphere pressure, created a barometer (mesures air pressure)

Gabriel Fahrenheit

Gives us a temperature, in 1654 it is still used in the united states today

Andres Celsius

• introduced Celsuis scale which is used everywhere else around the world 

• Kelvin is another temperature scale used by scientist

• Rene Descartes 

• Makes famous quote, “I think therefore I am” this means you can solve any problem using your brain