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Vocabulary
 Scientific Revolution
– A new way of thinking based on observation and
questioning accepted beliefs.
 Heliocentric Theory
– Theory that the sun is the center of the universe.
Warm-Up
What do you think is a scientific revolution?
 EQ: HOW DID THE IDEAS OF THE
REFORMATION TRANSFER TO NEW
SCIENTIFIC THINKING?
Scientific Revolution
Roots of Modern Science
 To find answers, people looked
to the Greeks, Romans, and
the Bible.
 Geocentric Theory
– Belief that the earth was the
center of the universe.
 The Scientific Revolution began
b/c of discoveries of new lands
and animals.
– This opened the possibility that
there were new truths to be found.
A Revolutionary Theory
 Copernicus developed the
heliocentric theory but was afraid of
persecution.
– Kepler showed that Copernicus’s ideas
were mathematically true.
 Galileo supported Copernicus and,
by using a telescope, noted that the
Earth’s moon had a rough and
uneven surface.
– Went against the Church and Aristotle.
 Galileo was summoned to Rome to
read a statement that Copernicus’s
ideas were false.
The Scientific Method
 Francis Bacon urged
scientists to experiment
and then draw
conclusions.
 Rene Descartes believed
that everything should be
doubted until proved by
reason.
– “I think, therefore I am.”
Isaac Newton
 Newton was sitting under
an apple tree when an
apple fell.
– He began to wonder why
apples always fall down,
never sideways or up.
 Newton’s Law of
Gravitation
– Every object in the universe
attracts every other object.
– The degree of attraction
depends on the mass of the
objects and the distance
between them.
Scientific Revolution Spreads
 New Inventions
– Microscope
– Barometer
– Thermometer
 Fahrenheit- 32˚ is freezing
 Celsius- 0˚ is freezing
 Medicine
– Proved that the human body was
different than pigs.
– 1st vaccination (smallpox)
 Chemistry
– Proved that the world was made up
of more than just the earth, air, fire
and water.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
 EQ: HOW DID THE IDEAS OF THE
REFORMATION TRANSFER TO NEW
SCIENTIFIC THINKING?
Closing
 Why do you think the Church rejected
Galileo’s findings?