The Scientific Revolution.
Isaiah S. 6th period
What was the change???
The Scientific Revolution changed the way people see Physics, Astronomy, Biology, and Anotomy between the 1550's and 1700.
Who were the people associated with the change ?
Galileo Galilei
A Italian math professor who proved many of Aristotle's theories wrong. Proved heavy objects fall at the same rate as light objects. He also made improvements to the telescope to study the sky and to perfect the scientific method. He was put under house arrest for his corrections.
Isaac Newton
He discovered the "Law of universal gravitation". He proved that whatever goes up must come down and that everything haves gravitational pull. He believed that god was the creator of the universe. He thought the universe was a giant clock because its all in order.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus came up with the Geocentric theory which is when Earth was in the middle of the solar system and everything revolved around it. After 30 years of studying he made a correction that the sun was in the middle and all planets revolved around it and called it the Heliocentric theory.
How did the change impact society during that period ?
At first it was hard for people to believe that there theories were wrong in the beganing. When Galileo introduced his corrections and theories the church punished him for trying to correct Aristotles. The church didnt want to except the change but the theories were still used instead of being changed.
How did it change today's society ?
Ever since the corrections and theories of Galileo and Isaac we actually sticked with them because they are true. Since our technology has been improving since their time period we were able to support them. We now know more about gravity and the universe, if Galileo and Isaac didn't do their research we could still be wrong about our theories today.