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
The sun is at the center of the solar system
what is the heliocentric theory
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
What is "all knowledge gained through experience and observations using the senses"?
what is empiricism
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
Who saw that the moons revolve around the planet Jupiter?
Who is Galileo
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.
What is the compelling scientific thought that there is a force that holds the moon in orbit?
What is the Idea of Gravity
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.
How did the Scientific Revolution impact Religion?
Removed religion from the equation and science became based on fact and quantitative reasoning.
Where did the Catholic Church have the strongest holding, also where the scientific revolution begin?
Western Europe