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The Scientific Revolution
Medieval View
Geocentric Theory - Earth Centered Universe Earth stationary Greek and Roman Thought, The Bible Heaven beyond our universe
New Model of the Universe
Heliocentric Theory› Nicolaus Copernicus› Earth, Stars, and Planets revolved around the Sun› Ideas published in 1543
Last year of life Feared persecution and ridicule
Tyco Brahe and Johannes Kepler› Mathematical Laws govern planetary movement
New Model of the Universe
Galileo Galilei
Starry Messenger› 1610› Newsletter that described astronomical
observations› Jupiter had 4 moons, dark spots› Rough surface on moon Shattered Aristotle's
ideas Laws of Motion
› Objects fall at predictable rate
Galileo Galilei
Conflict With the Church› Frightened All - Protestants and Catholics› 1632 - Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World
Systems› 1633 - Renounced his findings› Under house arrest until death in 1642
Isaac Newton
Law of Universal Gravity Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
› 1697› Everything in the universe works in perfect
symmetry› God was the creator of the universe
The Revolution Spreads
New Tools› Microscope, Telescope
Medicine and Human Body› Vaccines - Smallpox› Human dissections
Detailed understanding of human body - organs, bones, and muscles