The Scientific Revolition
BY: Dora Duque
What was the scientific revolution ?
the period of great advances in the sciences, roughly 1500-1700
Galileo and Kepler were major figures in the scientific revolution.
Galileo Galilei
The church did not agree with Galileo's research. They wanted him to stop working. Galileo refused stop his research. Finally, when the church threatened to torture Galileo, he signed a confession stating that the heliocentric model was heresy and therefore untrue.
Nicolaus Corpenicus
Polish astronomer said geocentric model didn't explain movement of the sun, moon, and planets. After studying this problem for 30 years, he proposed a new model for ta universe- the universe model. In the heliocentric model, the sun is in the center of the universe. This was the first new model of the universe in 2000 years!!! Copernicus' work angered religious leaders in the catholic and protestant churches.
Johannes Kleper
His observations proved the heliocentric model of the universe was true. Kepler also proposed three laws of planetary motion based upon his observations:
1. Planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun.
2. Planets move more rapid as their orbits approach the sun.
3. The time it takes a planet to orbit the sun is poportional to its distance from the sun.