Scientific Revolution
Peyton Alonzo 2nd Period
Scientific Revolution (1543-1800)
Nicolaus Copernicks
Heloicentric Hypothesis
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Johannes Kelper
Johannes Kelper was born on December 27th, 1571 and died on November 15th, 1630. Kelper was able to mathematically prove the heliocentric theory.
Heliocentric Theroey
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Some of Kepler’s famous work includes: Mysterium cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos -1596), Astronomia nova (New Astronomy - 1609), Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds - 1619) and Epitome astronomiae Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy - published between 1618 and 1621).
Galileo Galilei
Telescope
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Isaac Newton
Theory of gravity
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William Harvey
Circulatory System
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Harvey was able to make his discoveries because he ignored medical text books, preferring his own observations and the deductions he made during dissections of animals. By the time he was 40, Harvey had won recognition as the best physician in London and was appointed as physician to the king – King James – in 1618. Harvey then became the College of Physicians’ Lumleian Lecturer, specializing in teaching surgery.
Andreas Vesalius
Human Dissection
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Francis Bacon
Scientific Method
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The image above is taken from Instauratio magna, a multi-volume work in which Bacon explained how new knowledge in all human activities could be discovered. He also objected to the tendency of Aristotle, Plato, and others including Pythagorus to mix scientific ideas with religious ideas. Bacon believed that the two should be kept separate. He discoveries that magnetic forces, electric forces, and light pass through a vacuum unaffected.