Scientific Revolution
Johana A. 3rd
What was the change?
The Scientific Revolution was the change in the way people viewed the world as nature and science. This started with Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo Galilei, and ended with Sir Isaac Newton. Scientists also started questioning their traditional beliefs about the universe. They used observations, experiments, and special tools to discover nature.
Who were then people associated with the change?
Galileo Galiei
Galileo was an Italian math professor in 1609 who set out to prove many of Aristotle's theories about nature wrong. He found objects accelerate at a predictable and fixed rate. He also proved that heavy objects fall at the same rate as lighter ones. Galileo used the telescope to study sunspots, moon's surface, and Jupiter moons. the church didn't agree with him, but he refused to stop his research. His discoveries provided the evidence to support the theory that the earth and other planets revolved around the sun. Lastly, the church threatened torture, he signed a confession saying that the heliocentric model was heresy was untrue, and he got locked up in his house until he died in which case he was in house arrest. Galileo formed part of the basis for developments historians call the Scientific Revolution. It caused controversies in religion, philosophy, and politics, and ended up changing the way Europeans viewed nature.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe. He said geocentric model didn't explain movements of the sun' moon, and planets, after studying the problem for 30 years, Nicolaus proposed the heliocentric model. In the model of the heliocentric the sun was in the center of the universe. This was also the new model for the universe in 2000 years. His work angered religious leaders in the Catholic and Protestant churches. He presented the heliocentric theory, which rested on the revolutionary notion that the Earth orbited the sun.
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. Johannes observations proved the heliocentric model of the universe was true. He also proposed three laws of the planetary motion based upon his observations. Which were 1. Planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun, 2. Planets move more rapidly as their orbits approach the sun, 3. The time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the sun. He was unable to do accomplish his goal, he did come up with the laws of planetary motion, which explained the orbital properties of planets, and factored extensively into Isaac Newton's later work.
How did the change impact the society at the time?
Changed the way people viewed the science in a positive and negative way. It also continued to weaken the power of the church. People started questioning and using the scientist theories about the world around them. This changed living conditions for the people. The Scientific Revolution brought up new ideas for people to make new inventions.
How is that change evidence in today's modern society?
Most of many scientists had developed new tools and instruments to make the precise observations that the scientific method demanded. From Archimedes to Issac Newton milestones in the study of the one and only physical world have not only influenced the field of science. During the middle ages, European doctors had accepted as facts the writing of ancient Greek physician. Therefore, Galen never dissected the body of the human being. The scientific revolution was a time period when many inventions and theories The scientific revolution influenced philosophers. They felt confident that they could discover natural laws that govern human behavior. New medicines were invented at this time. The scientific was also invented, and people looked at problems with logic instead of blindly following the church.