Scientific Revolution
by. Brian
What was the change?
The scientific revolution was the change in how the human society viewed the universe. the change hypothesis or teachings of the world and how the mechanisms unraveled and the attitude of the church changing towards the scientific revolution.
Who were the people associated with the change?
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was Polish astronomer that studied why the geocentric model didn't explain the movements of the moon,sun, and the planets.He came up with his own model called the heliocentric model and it explains that the geocentric model is incorrect because the earth is not in the center of the universe the sun is. His model angered copious amounts of church officials due to the fact that they have used the geocentric model for more than 2000 years and because they were dogged and proved wrong by Copernicus. (Copernicus and his heliocentric model)
Johannes Kepler
Kepler proved that Copernicus heliocentric model of the universe was correct. He also did observations that pf the motions of the planets that made him do a law called the three laws of planetary motion. The first law says that the planets move in oval motion around the sun. The second law indicates that planets move faster as they get closer to the sun. The final law suggests that the time that the planets takes to go around the sun is because of the size of the orbit of the planet. These laws helped support Copernicus idea of the heliocentric model and proved to the church wrong. (Kepler's idea of the heliocentric model)
Galileo Galiei
Galileo was an Italian professor that studied Aristotle's theories and decided to prove them wrong. He made improvements tot he telescope and was able to observe and study several moons and sunspots. The church was furious with Galileo's work and asked him to stop. Galileo refused but at the end the church threatened with torturing him and he said he would give up and they made him say that the heliocentric model was false. the church didn't want him doing anymore research so the kept him in house arrest until he died. (The telescope he used to study sun spots and the moon that Jupiter has.)
How did the change impact the the society at the time?
It didn't really impacted the people in the time but it mostly impacted the church. The church had a believe that the geocentric model was the correct model to the universe for over 2000 years. When the renaissance came along and told them that the geocentric model was incorrect and that the heliocentric was the correct model to the universe. Their knowledge felt threatened so they wanted to eliminate the threat put they always denied the heliocentric model.
How is that this change evidence in today's modern society?
Even though they came up with the Heliocentric model in the end of the middle ages it has really impacted the civilization till this day. the Heliocentric model has replaced the geocentric model completely due to the fact that the geocentric model was proven to be incorrect by astronomers. In education the heliocentric model has been used to teach students about the planets and that the sun is in the center of our universe. The heliocentric has made a great scientific and educational revolution through out the history. (we still study their theories)