WHO
Who are the main historical figures who impacted the Scientific Revolution?
Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Rene Descartes
What was a period of drastic change in scientific thought?
The Scientific Revolution
When was the Scientific Revolution?
1543
What is one way it impacted Scientific thought?
It replaced Greek view of nature that dominated science.
What happened during the conflict with the Catholic Church?
Church officials were afraid that the people would begin to believe scientific ideas.
Who was the guy that suggested the sun be in the middle of the solar system instead of the earth?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Where did the Scientific Revolution take place?
Europe
When did Rene Descartes invent geometry?
He was in Bohemia in 1619 when he invented geometry.
What is another way it impacted Scientific thought?
Science became a discipline.
What were the Catholic Church people afraid of?
Afraid that the people would start questioning the Church.
Who was the guy that constructed a telescope to help observe the rotation of the planets?
Galileo Galilei
What major event happened before the Scientific Revolution?
The Renaissance
When did Galileo Galilei construct the telescope?
He developed the telescope after hearing about the Danish Perspective Glass in 1609.
What is another way it impacted Scientific thought?
It was different from philosophy and technology.
What did the people of the Church think about these ideas?
They thought that these ideas would make people doubt the Churches faith.
Who was the guy that invented geometry and skepticism to play a big part in the scientific method?
Rene Descartes
How did the Renaissance contribute to the Scientific Revolution?
During the Renaissance, studies like geography, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, and physics,, which all helped with the developments in the Scientific Revolution. Developments like the telescope and geometry.
When were the centuries of the Scientific Revolution?
16th and 17th centuries
When did the Scientific Revolution change the Scientific thought?
16th and 17th centuries
What happened to the Catholic Church during the conflict?
The church was weakened.
Who invented Calculus and developed the Three Laws Of Motion?
Isaac Newton
What was the reason Isaac Newton was so important during the scientific revolution?
He discovered gravity, he developed the three basic laws of motion, and he also invented calculus.
When did Nicolaus Copernicus suggest that the sun be in the middle of the solar system instead of the earth?
In 1514, he distributed a handwritten book that set out this suggestion.
Removed religion from equation, and science became based in fact and quantitative reasoning.
Where did the Catholic Church have the strongest holding, also where the scientific revolution begin?
Western Europe