The Scientific Revolution. Scientific Method five-step process used to investigate scientific...

The Scientific Revolution

Scientific Method

five-step process used to investigate scientific hypotheses

1. identify a problem

2. form a testable hypothesis

3. experiment

4. record experiment results

5. analyze results to form a conclusion

The Scientific Revolution and Method led to major advances in a variety of areas.

Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics, and Math

Nicholas Copernicus

mid-1500s

Developed mathematical proof of heliocentric theory (HT)

Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics, and Math

Brahe

Astronomer

1572

Idea of supernova

Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics, and Math

Johannes Kepler

Late 1500s

Proved that planets orbit the sun

Used measurements to prove the heliocentric theory (HT)

Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics, and Math

Galileo Galilei

1609-1610

Built first telescope

First to observe Saturn and moons of Jupiter

Discoveries in Astronomy, Physics, and Math

Isaac Newton

1687

Developed the Law of Universal Gravitation and math to predict effects of gravity

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

• Vesalius• Studied human body

• 1543 “On the Workings of the Human Body”

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

William Harvey

Early 1600s

Observed and explain the heart, blood, and circulatory system

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

• Van Leeuwenheok• 1600s

• Invented microscope• Studied microorganisms

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

Robert Hooke

Late 1600s

Used microscope to study plants and created the term “cells”

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

Robert Boyle

1661

Defined an element and describe matter as a cluster of tiny particles

Discoveries in Biology, Medicine and Chemistry

Antonie-Laurent Lavoiser

(1700)

Discovered the Law of Conversation of Mass and developed the metric system and the periodic table

So ….

• How did the Scientific Revolution change the way people understood the world?