Science Revolution
Change in time
What was it ?
the scientific revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world. That way was based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs .
what was the geocentric theory ? why did people believe it ?
This earth-centered view of the universe was called the geocentric theory . people believe in it because they thought that god had put the earth in the center of the universe.
3 Most famous Scienctist
Copernicus
1543 Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory. Vesalius publishes human anatomy textbook.
Did he publish his work quickly? why or why not ?
he published his stuff rarely quickly because he trying to get all of his ideas out and for people to start testing his ideas out .
Kepler
1609 Kepler publishes first two laws of planetary motion.
Galileo
An Italian scientist named Galileo Galilei built on the new theories about astronomy. As a young man , Galileo learned that a dutch lens maker had built an instrument that could enlarge far-off objects. Galileo built his own telescope and used it to study the heavens in 1609.
Scientist
Issac Newton
Newton studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge university. by the time he was 26, newton was certain that all physical objects were affected equally by the same forces. Newton's great discovery was that the same forces ruled motion of the planets and all matter on earth and in space . The key idea that linked motion in the heavens with motion on the earth was the law of universe attracts every other object. The degree of attraction depends on the mass of the objects and the distance between them .