Scientific Revolution
Juliee G. 3rd
What was the change?
A major change in the European thought, starting in the mid-1500's in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation the questioning of accepted beliefs.
Copernics
Copernicus was born on the 19th of February, 1473 and died on the 24th of May, 1543. He was born in Thorn, Royal Prussia, part of the Kingdom of Poland at the time
Kepler
Ohannes Kepler was a German astronomer and mathematician who lived from December the 27th 1571 to November the 15th 1630. Kepler played a key role in the scientific revolution that occurred in the 17th century, contributing a number of scientific breakthroughs including his famous laws of planetary motion.
Galileo
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy, on the 15th of February 1564, he died on the 8th of January 1642. Galileo enrolled to do a medical degree at the University of Pisa but never finished, instead choosing to study mathematics
Newton
Born in England, Isaac Newton was a highly influential physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, alchemist and theologian. In 1687, Newton published Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, what is widely regarded to be one of the important books in the history of science. In it he describes universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, concepts that remained at the forefront of science for centuries after
How did the change impact society at the time?
Galileo- it changed the way people thought and made them want to know more about astronomy.
Nicolaus- made people wonder what else was in univers.