The Scientific Revolution
BY MOON DEB
what was the scientific Revolution?
The scientific revolution during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries scientific thought underwent a revolution. a new view of nature emerged, replacing the Greek view that had dominated science for almost 2,000 years . science become an autonomous discipline, distinct from both philosophy and technology and it came to be regarded as having utilitarian goals.
Who were the people associated with the change?
galileo
Galileo Galilei is generally known by his first name.he was born in Pisa, Italy, on February 15,1564. he entered the university of Pisa to study medicine but later switched to mathematics. he discovery become known as the law of the pendulum. on January 7,1610 he discovered four moons revolving around the planet Jupiter. In 1633 Galileo was brought before the inquisition, a roman power catholic institution that help power then. he was punished by being told he could not leave his house Galileo become blind in 1637 but continued to work. he died on January 8,1642.
copernicus
capernicus was born on febuary 19, 1473 in Torun, poland. his father was a well to do merchant and his mother also came from a leading merchant family. after his father's death, he was reared by his uncle a wealthy catholic bishop , who sent him to the university of Krakow. copenicus also studied law at Bologan and medicine at padua in Italy .in 1500 he lectured on mathematical subject in Rome.Than he returned to his uncle's castle near Frauenburg in 1570 as attending physcian to the elderly man. copernicus revolution idea was that earth should be regarded as one of the planets that revolved around the sun. and he also started that earth rotated on an axis .
kepler
Kepler was born on December 27,1571 at Weil fer stadt in duchy of Wurttemberg now in Southern Germany.he a sickly child but had a briliant mind. at the university of tubir gen he was greatly influcenced by the theories of the astronomer copernicus. he later taught astronomy and mathematics at the university in graz, austria. by kepler's many time astronomers had accepted that sun was the center of the solar system and that the earth turned on its axis .after six years mars follows an elliptical orbit at a speed that varies according to the planet's distance from the sun.he also discovered that their periods of revolution time required to go around the sun bore a precise relation to their distances from the sun.kepler died on nov, 15,1630,in regensburg in bavaria.
How did the change impact society at the time ?
The scientific Revolution Occured at the same time as the Renaissance and reformation in europe. Nicolus copernicus said geocentric model didn't explain movements of the sun,moon,and planets.he proposed a new model for the universe the heio centric model the sun is the center of the universe. the first model in 2000 years. Kepler prove the helicentric model of the universe was true and he also prove planetary motion based upon : planets move eniptical orbits the sun and planets move rapidly as their orbits approach the sun other scientific advancement anatomy and medicine circulation of blood. Tools Microscode, Thermometer, Barometer .
How is that change evidenced in today's modern society?
The Scientific Revolution changed the way people thought about the phycial world around them. The same spirit of inquiry that fueled the Renaissance, led scientists to question traditional beliefs about the workings of the universe.and The Scientific Revolution changed the perspective of many people in the world. Our universe was no longer the mystery that it once was. Some people were excited by these new discoveries and revelations while others were terrified of what they did not know and what it could do to their role in society.