Scientific Revolution 

The Scientific Revolution

Francis Bacon

-discovered the scientific method

-popularized the scientific method

-laid foundation of the scientific revolution

-influenced the founding of the royal society

-challenged Aristotle's ideas

-argued that science and theology should be separated

Nicolaus Copernicus

-argued that the sun is at the center of the universe

-started the revolution of heliocentric thinking

Johannes Kepler

-discovered orbits are elliptical not circular

-noticed planetary speed is faster near the sun

Galileo Galilei

-observed moons around jupiter

-noticed crater’s in our moon

Issac Newton

-discovered laws of motion and gravitation

-argued for universal laws  of the universe

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Geography:

-we understand it more because we learned many important things that help us know more about geography

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Botany:

-because of the scientific revolution we now can understand more about how plants affect our world

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Chemistry:

-Chemistry made leaps and bonds during the scientific revolution setting us up for the discoveries that we are still making today

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