Began well before the Enlightenment, dating as far back as the Renaissance
Lasted through the Enlightenment period
Contributed to the questioning of Royal and Religious Authority
GEOCENTRIC VIEW OF THE WORLD DOMINATES
• Aristotle first believed in the geocentric universe• Ptolemy is a famous Greek astronomer who believed
that the earth was the center of the universe.• Most people agreed with this because it was common
sense • It also followed the teachings of the church.• The discoveries of the 1500’s and 1600’s radically
change the way the physical world is seen.
Facts About Copernicus
• He came up with a different model in which the planets all circled the sun.
• Copernicus's theory explained some problems, such as the reason that Mercury and Venus are only observed close to the Sun and Mar’s retrograde motion the Earth, traveling in its smaller orbit.
• 1542 – Copernicus’ book on Trigonometry, an extract from certain chapters of De Revolutionibus, published at Wittenberg.
• 1543 – Nicolas Copernicus died.
Copernicus introduces a new model for thought the sun centered universe or Heliocentric.
Copernicus believed that earth was one of several planets that revolved around the sun
Most experts reject this idea as it completely contradicts Aristotle as well as Ptolemy and the Church.
In the late 1500’s Tyco Brahe provides evidence that Copernicus was correct. Brahe observed the sky on a nightly basis to record the movements of heavenly bodies.
He did this for years but, died before he could finish the job .
Astronomer
Combined the Teachings of the Church with Science
Observed the Universe with the Naked Eye
Collected Data used by later Astronomers
Tycho Brahe• He was born in 1546, ran his own
printing press.• 1572 he observed the new star and
the comet (1577). • Tycho Brahe made a remarkable star
catalogue of over 1000 stars.• He built a nice castle on the island
Hven, between Denmark and Sweden. This castle, named Uraniborg,
• Tycho's lived by the words "Non videri sed esse" “Not to be seen, but to be.”
Lost his Nose in a drunken duel w/ fellow Danish Noble
Had a replacement nose of Gold and Silver attached by paste
He kept a “dwarf” named Jepp who be believed was clairvoyant
Jepp sat under the table during dinner
Had a pet Elk that died after drinking too much beer and falling down the stairs
For 100s of years it was believed he died from an exploded bladder at a dinner party
Recent studies show mercury poisoning
Kepler
Brahe assistant Johannes Kepler use his data to support Copernicus’ theory about the sun centered universe.
Kepler discovers that planets move in ellipses not perfect circles
Planets move at different speeds
And orbit is directly related to the distance from the sun.
Kepler’s 3 LawsLAW 1: The orbit of a planet/comet about the Sun is an ellipse with the Sun's center of mass at one focus
This is the equation for an ellipse:
LAW 2: A line joining a planet/comet and the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal intervals of time.
LAW 3: The squares of the periods of the planets are proportional to the cubes of their semi-major axes:
Ta2 / Tb
2 = Ra3 / Rb
3
Contradicted the teachings of the Church
Invented a more powerful Telescope
Proved the Heliocentric Theory of the Universe
IT DOES MOVES• Galileo an Italian thinker uses a Dutch
lens grinder to create the first astronomical telescope
• He is the first person to see mountains on the moon and sun spots
• Also see the four moons of Jupiter and exactly how the earth rotates around the sun
• His discoveries and publication of same cause an uproar in the Church
• Galileo is attacked and brought before the Inquisition
• He is threatened with death if does not recant his views so he does.
NEWTON FINISHES THE JOB• Isaac Newton was an extremely
religious person who was highly suspicious
• Was a student at Cambridge university.
• BY 24 he had a theory as to why planets moves as they did he called it GRAVITY
• In 1687 he published information on the laws of gravity
• He believed that all motion in the universe can be measured mathematically
• Every body in the universe attracts every other in a precise relationship.
NEWTON
"A body continues to maintain its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force."
"F = ma: the net force on an object is equal to the mass of the object multiplied by its acceleration."
Newton’s Accomplishments• Newton made a huge impact on theoretical astronomy.
He defined the laws of motion and universal gravitation which he used to predict precisely the motions of stars, and the planets around the sun.
• Invented integral calculus, and jointly with Leibnitz, differential calculus.
• By 1666 Newton had early versions of his three laws of motion. He had also discovered the law giving the centrifugal force on a body moving uniformly in a circular path. However he did not have a correct understanding of the mechanics of circular motion.
Advances in Medicine
• Paracelsus- developed new chemical philosophy of medicine- Like cures Like– Use toxic substances to cure patients
• Boyle -father of modern chemistry Boyle’s law difference between chemical elements and compounds
More advances
• Vesalius- study medicine and the anatomy
• New approach to teaching/understanding anatomy
• Harvey work on the heart and circulation, capillaries
• Laid foundation for modern physiology
Founder of Modern Human Anatomy
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books)
BACONBACON One of the two giants of the scientific revolution
Rejects Aristotle’s scientific assumption
Challenges scholarly traditions that made the physical world fit.
Science must work within the frame work of the church.
Truth is at the end of a process of investigation