Scientific Revolution
Mirella P 7th period
What was the change?
The Scientific Revolutions was the a new way of thinking about the world. It began in Europe towards the end of the renaissance era and continued through the late 18th century. The renaissance enabled a scientific revolution which let scholars look at the world in a different light.
Who were the people associated with the change?
kepler
Kepler was born on december 27,1571. He concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion. One of the laws showed that planets revolved around the sun in elliptical orbits instead of circles as people were thought. He proved that Copernicus 's ideas were right.
galileo
Galileo was born on February 15,1564. He built on the new theories about astronomy . He also built his own telescope and used it to study the universe in 1609. He discovered that Jupiter had four moons and that the sun had dark spots. He supported copernicus theory which made the church dislike him because it against they're beliefs. Both catholic and protestant leaders were frightened by him. The pope sent Galileo to Rome to stand trail before the inquisition. He was forced to read a paper and then say he didn't believe or he was against copernicus ideas.
copernicus
He was born on February 19, 1473. He was a polish cleric and astronomer.He came up with a heliocentric form of the universe. He didn't publish his work quickly because he was afraid of what people were going to say. He knew that most scholars and clergy would reject his theory.
Newton
Issac Newton was born on January 4, 1687. He went to Cambridge University and studied mathematics and physics. He was important because he helped bring Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo's accomplishments to one single theory of motion. He described the world as one giant clock that worked perfectly fine. He was also able to explain that mathematically. Which helped people understand more about what others have discovered in the past about the planets etc.
How did the change impact society at the time?
People started to ask themselves is it true or not. Churches started to fear the scientific revolution because then scholars started challenging them.That affected religions negatively.
How is that change evidenced in today's modern society?
We are still learning about their discoveries today in school. We use the scientific method today in science. People now a days accept the heliocentric theory.