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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Scientific revolution
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Sep 20, 1200
Roger Bacon
One of the few people before the 1500s who had his own ideas about science and nature was Roger Bacon. Bacon had his own opinions and did not care that the majority of them challenged what the church said. -
Sep 20, 1300
The people
The people during the Renaissance became more open to new ideas. This is a significant part of the Scientific Revolution because the people who were starting to experiment would probably be discouraged and quit but since they had people to back them up they probably felt better about what they believed in. -
Sep 20, 1500
The before times
Up until the 1500s not many people saw the difference between science an magic. The closest things to scientists were these things called alchemists. These alchemists though, were more like magic users than scientists. -
Sep 20, 1500
The People Started to Observe
It was vital that the people who were breaking new ground in the science field made observations. This is because some people believed in science but others did not. Observations helps with the people that need to see to believe. -
Sep 20, 1500
Sun Centered Theory
A man named Nicolaus Copernicus came up with a theory called the sun centered theory. This differed from the previous theory because the sun centered theory said that the sun was the center of the universe rather than the earth. Basically Copernicus just made a more intelligent observation. -
Sep 23, 1543
Harvey
Harvey paved the way for the study of the human body. He studied what he saw as the most important organ, the heart. He realized that the heart pumped blood to the body. He wanted to study how this worked and was very successful at doing so. -
New Understandings
It is vital that people understand how their world works to be able to live and work with it. This is what the Scientific Revolution did. It was a huge change in how people understood the world. -
Math and Science
The combination of math with science and technology is big during the Scientific Revolution. This is because people used math to create new technologies to help them with scientific experimentation. -
Going against Galileo's theory
At this time, the church did not agree with much of what was going on with the breakthrough in the science field. They openly denied that Galileo's theory was false because it went against the beliefs of the church. -
Science is believed to be the key
It was thought by Galileo that science would advance many things. A few examples of these were that society would have higher standards for every social class. He believed that science would bring people closer. What is most significant though, it that he was not able to teach or write about his ideas because they differed from the ideas of the church. -
Galileo's greatest finding
Galileo made an abundance of great findings based on the technology he had at his time. The most significant finding he made was that all objects fall at the same rate. There was a theory that said that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones but once again he showed that science could prove that wrong. -
Isaac Newton
An overview of Isaac Newton is that he summed up all of what Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo did. He summed up how the planets moved any why they moved that way. -
Newton's breakthrough of his own
Besides studying the work of others, Newton did make one very important discovery of this own. The discovery Newton made was about forces and motion, thus, now people are taught Newton's three laws. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei invented one of the most famous scientific instruments, the telescope. This, of course, happened during the scientific revolution. It was a major part of the Scientific Revolution and science as a whole because it allowed people to see what other planets look like and how they orbit the sun.