The Scientific Revolution
By: Cameron Duhon & Katie McKinney
General Information
- Based on experimentation and reason
- Questioned past information
- Looked for new information
- Helped to shape the Enlightenment
Contributors
Nicolaus Caperincous
- Started the revolution
Galileo Galilei
- Studied accelerated motion
- Improved astronomical observations
Edmond Halley
- Discovered the motion of stars
- Discovered the periodicity of comets
Isaac Newton
- Combined mathematics with mechanics of physical observation
- Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
- Applied calculus to scientific problems
William Herschel
- Discovered Uranus
- Used Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation to calculate the mass of the sun
Results
- Created a new vision of the world
- New discoveries
- Influenced religious and secular ideas
William Herschel
Discovered Uranus
Isaac Newton
Brought out a system of algebra to geometry, called calculus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Started the Scientific Revolution
Works Cited
"Age of Enlightenment." - New World Encyclopedia. Web. 04 Feb. 2016.