The Scientific Revolution

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    Astronomy, Physics, and Anatomy

    Several European scientists helped to shape the modern study of these important sciences.
  • 100

    Astronomy, Physics, and Anatomy

    The astronomer Ptolemy stated that Earth was the enter of the universe.
  • Sep 23, 1500

    The New Study of Nature

    As students explored and observed the world more, they found that they could create better materials that would help society.
  • Sep 23, 1500

    The New Study of Nature

    As students spent more time examining the world round them, they observed things that did not agree with traditional explanation.
  • Sep 23, 1500

    The New Study of Nature

    The ability to conduct experiments was key to this new approach to learning.
  • Sep 23, 1500

    Astronomy, Physics, and Anatomy

    Polish scientist Nicolaus Copernicus began to abandon Ptolemy`s theory geocentric theory. Instead, he argued that the sun was the center of the universe.
  • Period: Sep 25, 1500 to

    The Triumph of the New Science

    Isaac Newton developed a new branch of mathematics called calculus.
  • Sep 25, 1543

    Astronomy, Physics, and Anatomy

    Andreas Vesalius, Pioneered the study of anatomy.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    English philosopher Francis Bacon believed that scientific theories could be developed only through observation and could be proven by repeatable experiments.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes was a leader of the Scientific Revolution. His ideas led to great advances in mathematics, the sciences, and philosophy.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    English-Irish scientist Robert Boyle, showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    Priestley and Lavoisier made their discoveries in the late 1700`s.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    By the 1700´s, the scientific approach had spread across Europe.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    Speed of discovery, rapid spread, and exchange of knowledge were important characteristics of the Scientific Revolution resulting, in part, from the printing press, the rise of scientific societies, and other communications improvements.
  • The Triumph of the New Science

    An English chemist, Joseph Priestley, discovered the element oxygen.