Scientific Revolution
Jocelyn C. 3rd
What was the change?
Who were the people associated with the change?
Copernicus
This was the first new model of the universe after 2000 years.Copernicus work angered the religious leaders in the Catholic and Protestant churches.
Kepler
1) Planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun,
2) Planets move rapidly as their orbits approach the sun,
3) The time is takes a planet to orbit the sun is proportional to its distance from the sun.
Newton
Galileo
How did the change impact society at that time?
Intellectually, the Scientific Revolution caused a new way of thinking, including the establishment of the Scientific Method. This method became crucial to the efforts of intellectuals, European and otherwise, to discover more about the world around them. With these new tools at their disposal, European intellectuals were able to unlock the secrets of the nature, as well as the very universe itself. Among the most famous of the European intellectuals during the Scientific Revolution were Galileo, whose discoveries regarding our solar system still hold true today, and the noted scientist Marquis DeSade, whose studies of autoerotic asphyxiation became relevant to thousands of Europeans. The Scientific Revolution can be said to have definitively improved the lives of all European intellectuals.The religious world, however, was in chaos. The new focus on science led to discoveries that seemed to contradict the bible, which was held to that point to be the literal word of god. It developed a great division between followers of science, and those who held to their religious beliefs. During this time of disorder, several new religious sects gained fame, including Adventism and Scientology. The Scientific Revolution was a time of trials for many religious Europeans, and forever changed the way western society viewed the idea of an intelligent creator.