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Scientific Revolution
WHII.6a
Essential Questions
• What were some new scientific theories
and discoveries?
• What were some of the effects of these
new theories?
Nicolaus Copernicus
• Polish scholar who developed the
heliocentric theory of the universe. He
said that the planets revolved around
the sun.
Johannes Kepler
• A German astronomer and
mathematician who calculated the orbits
of the planets. He discovered that the
planets did not orbit in a perfect circle.
Galileo Galilei
• Italian astronomer who used telescope
to support the heliocentric theory. He
observed four moons of Jupiter orbiting
that planet exactly the way the Earth
moved around the sun.
• His observations challenge Church
doctrine that the heavens were fixed,
unmoving, and perfect.
Isaac Newton
• English scientist who developed the
theory of gravity. He published his
theory in 1687, in Mathematical
Principles of Natural Philosophy.
William Harvey
• English scholar who described the
circulation of the blood in the human
body in the early 1600s.
Scientific Revolution
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Why was the scientific revolution
important?
A. It emphasized reason and systematic
observation of nature.
B. The scientific method was formulated.
C. It expanded scientific knowledge.