The Scientific Revolution
Lyle -2nd Period
What was the change?
The Scientific Revolution was a period of time in which great advances in science were made. There were many historical changes in thought and belief. The Scientific Revolution brought a new way of thinking about the natural world.
Who were the people associated with the change?
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton had a very strong impact in the scientific revolution. Isaac Newton concentrated on mathematics and physics. He came up with the theory of gravity and the theory of optics.
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an important figure in the scientific revolution. He built on theories about astronomy and also built his own telescope. Galilei studied space and the different planets. Galilei also wanted to find a unified theory of gravity. He found out that Jupiter had four moons and that the sun had dark spots. Galileo's findings frightened the church because they did not people questioning the church. Galileo later published a book supporting the ideas of Copernicus. The Catholic Church did not approve of this and made him read aloud a signed confession saying that Copernicus's ideas were not true.
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was an astronomer and a mathematician. Kepler was the first to explain the process of vision by refraction with the eye. Kepler also came up with laws of planetary motion. Kepler published a book called Astronomia Nova that explained some of his laws.
How did the change impact the society at the time?
The Scientific Revolution changed the way people thought. The church feared reasoning because they did not want Christians to doubt the church. The church explained the world through inspiration and the Bible while science explained the world through reasoning. The new ideas and discoveries during the Scientific Revolution eventually led people to question the church.
How is that change evidenced in today's modern society?
Many of our modern day inventions and theorys were built off ideas from the scientific revolution. For example, Isaac Newton first invented the three laws of motion. To this day we still learn Newton's three laws of motion in any physics class. Other evident examples of change during the Scientific revolution include the theory on gravity, theories about astronomy, and other inventions of that era.