Scientific Revolution
Bill Q, 1st
What was the change?
The change was how people at that time think about our universe and how they thought the Sun or Earth were in the center of the universe. Another change was how science was important during that time period and was used.
Who were the people associated with the change?
The people associated with the change were Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler.
Galileo Galilei
He proved Aristotle's theories about nature wrong. Galileo used the telescope to discover sunspots, the moon's surface, and Jupiter's moon. The church did not agree and told him to stop, he refused and was under house arrest.
Nicolaus Copernicus
According to this theory, the sun, planets, and moon all moved around earth in circular orbits. This theory is called the geocentric model. This was the first new model of the universe in 2,000 years.
Johannes Kepler
His observations proved the heliocentric model was true. Kepler also proposed 3 laws of planetary motion.
- Planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun.
- Planets move more rapidly as their orbits approach the sun.
- The time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the sun
How did the change impact the society at the time?
I believed society changed at that time because it made people think about science and how extraordinary it can be. I think they also believed if they focused more on science, more inventions would be made and can impact modern society. The church should have Galileo keep researching because more wonderful things in the universe.
How is that change evidenced in today's modern society?
The change evidenced in today's modern society because we are inventing new things now when during the Scientific revolution, the people during that time should have start helping invent new ideas instead of focusing on individuals otherwise known as humanism.