Scientific Revolution
Amari G 2nd period
What was the change ?
- It gave people a new way to view nature as all parts were a machine .
- The scientific revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world .That way was based upon careful observation and a willingless to question accepted beliefs .
Who were the people associated with the change ?
Issac Newton
- English physicist and mathematician . He created three laws of motion . Isaac Newton is the greatest scientist of his era .
- One of the worlds greatest scientist because he took his ideas and earlier ideas and combined them .
- Isaac explained the workings of the universe through mathematics .
Johannes Kepler
- Johannes was a premature German mathematician , astronomer and astrologer . best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion .
- he declared his purpose of preserving and purifying the grain of truth which he believed the science to contain.
Galileo Galilei
- Italian scientist , mathematician , astronomer and philosopher . He observed the super nova . he enunciated the law of fall .
- played a major role in the scientific revolution
- Proved that all planets revolve around the sun .
- Galileo's research included his observations of the phases of Venus and the fact Jupiter boasted moons , that didn't orbit earth .
How did the change impact the society at the time ?
- There came an understanding of the world so that natural occurrences were no longer an effect of super natural forces .
- It increased knowledge , less superstition ,More scientific answers , freedom to deviate from established theories which increased new development .
How is that change evidenced in today's modern society ?
- It established a new way people think about nature . It brought new things such as ... Astronomy , physics , chemistry and biology .
Newtons Law
- (1) Every object in state of rest or uniform motion remains in that state , unless an external force is applied to it .
- (2) The rate of change of momentum of an object is directly proportional to the resultant force acting on it .
- (3) For every action , there is an equal and opposite reaction .
Galileo Discovery
- Galileo described the highlands and "seas" of the Moon, four of Jupiter's largest moons, and many newly discovered stars. He also discovered the phases of Venus and sunspots, thereby confirming that the Sun rotates, and that the planets orbit around the Sun, not around the Earth.