Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution of the seventeenth century caused change in worldview
Scientific Thought in 1500
European ideas about the universe were based on ancient ideas
Four elements: air, fire, water, earth
A force moved an object at a constant speed and the object would stop as soon as that force was moved
Aristotle’s ideas about astronomy and physics were accepted for two thousand years
Showed correctness to Christianity because it put human beings at the center of the universe and established a place for heaven
The Copernican Hypothesis
The desire to explain led to the departure from the medieval system by Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus believed that that the sun was the center of the universe and that all the stars …show more content…
Brahe agreed with the Copernican hypothesis
Europe’s leading astronomer
Built observatory
Believed that all the planets revolved around the sun
Johannes Kepler formulated three laws of motion that mathematically proved the precise relations of a sun-centered system
Orbits of the planets around the sun are elliptical rather than circular
The planets do not move at a constant speed in their orbits
Galileo Galilei challenged all the old ideas about motion
Formulated the law of inertia
An object continues in motion forever unless stopped by some external force
Tried for heresy by the papal Inquisition
The traditional religious and theological world-view was beginning to give way
Newton’s Synthesis
In his famous book Newton connected the astronomy of Copernicus and Kepler with the physics of Galileo
Causes of the Scientific Revolution
Medieval intellectual life and universities provided the framework for the new science
Philosophy was important like law, medicine, and theology in universities medieval philosophers
Science is a distinct branch of philosophy
The Renaissance stimulated scientific progress
Greek mathematics was recovered
Greatly improved European mathematics
Showed that classical mathematicians did have their
The scientific revolution of the seventeenth century caused change in worldview
Scientific Thought in 1500
European ideas about the universe were based on ancient ideas
Four elements: air, fire, water, earth
A force moved an object at a constant speed and the object would stop as soon as that force was moved
Aristotle’s ideas about astronomy and physics were accepted for two thousand years
Showed correctness to Christianity because it put human beings at the center of the universe and established a place for heaven
The Copernican Hypothesis
The desire to explain led to the departure from the medieval system by Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus believed that that the sun was the center of the universe and that all the stars …show more content…
Brahe agreed with the Copernican hypothesis
Europe’s leading astronomer
Built observatory
Believed that all the planets revolved around the sun
Johannes Kepler formulated three laws of motion that mathematically proved the precise relations of a sun-centered system
Orbits of the planets around the sun are elliptical rather than circular
The planets do not move at a constant speed in their orbits
Galileo Galilei challenged all the old ideas about motion
Formulated the law of inertia
An object continues in motion forever unless stopped by some external force
Tried for heresy by the papal Inquisition
The traditional religious and theological world-view was beginning to give way
Newton’s Synthesis
In his famous book Newton connected the astronomy of Copernicus and Kepler with the physics of Galileo
Causes of the Scientific Revolution
Medieval intellectual life and universities provided the framework for the new science
Philosophy was important like law, medicine, and theology in universities medieval philosophers
Science is a distinct branch of philosophy
The Renaissance stimulated scientific progress
Greek mathematics was recovered
Greatly improved European mathematics
Showed that classical mathematicians did have their