Scientific Revolution
Pedro Avila - 1st Period
What was The Change?
The Scientific Revolution changed the way people thought about the physical world of them. The same spirit of inquiry that fueled the Renaissance led scientists to think about traditional beliefs about the workings of the universe. The most important scientists of this time include, Copernicus, Galileo, and Isaac Newton.
Who were the People that Associated with the Change?
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei known a lot as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely known as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formed a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth at the center.
How did the change impact society at the time?
Area of Impact One: Natural Sciences
Natural science in the Scientific revolution discovered the natural World. This is based upon Observations to question accepted beliefs. A combination of discoveries and circumstances led to the scientific Revolution.
Area of Impact Two: Physics
Newton Discovered the Law of Gravity and the Physics of Astronomy. The law of Universal Gravitation. Isaac Wrote a book name "The Mathematical Principles of Natural philosophy.
Old science
- Scholars Relied on ancient authorities.
- church teachings.
- Reasoning to explain the physical World.
New science
- Scholars began to use observation.
- experimentation
- Scientific Reasoning
- Draw conclusions of the physical world,
Area of Impact Three: Chemistry
Chemistry relates to Science revolution because of all the medicines the hospitals had during the Revolution.
How is that change evidenced in today's society?
Because many of the inventions and theories created and thought of at that time affect and help us in present day.