U3 Scientific Revolution (P2)

What is the Scientific Revolution?

Dramatic improvements and achievements were made in the various fields of science

When did the Scientific Revolution occur?

During the 16th - 18th centuries (1500s-1700s)

What did Scientific Revolution emphasis? (3)

Reason, observation, and systematic measurement

What did Scientific Revolution change for people?

It changed their view of the world and how they fit into it

Prior to the 16th century, who had questions?

Most people and even scholars had questions about many things in life

Instead of answering their own questions, what did people(and scholars) do?

They turned to religion to answer their questions

After the Middle Ages, scholars began to ____ traditional views and started thinking outside the box

CHALLENGE

Due to scholars challenging traditional views…

They no longer wanted to rely solely on religion to explain everything (Coincides with the Renaissance)

Effects of the Scientific Revolution

Helped fuel the fire of the Renaissance and Enlightment periods

A lot of cool items were created, and people started thinking ____, not harder

SMARTER

Nicolaus Copernicus’s life span

1473 - 1543

Johannes Kepler’s life span

1571 - 1630

Glileo Galilei’s lifespan

1564 - 1642

Issac Newton’s lifespan

1643 - 1727

William Harvey’s lifespan

1578 - 1657

Where did Nicolaus Copernicus live and his contribution?

Fraunburg; Developed heliocentric theory

Where did Johannes Kepler live and his contribution?

Linz, Austria; Discovered planetary notion

Where did Galileo Galilei live and his contribution?

Italy; Used telescope to support heliocentric theory

Where did Isaac Newton live and his contribution?

Cambridge; Wrote Principia Mathematica and formulated law of gravity

Where did William Harvey live and his contribution?

London; Discovered circulation of the blood