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Scientific Revolutio
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Term | Definition |
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Scientific Revolution | A sudden change in the way people viewed the world. Science and logic were used to explain how the world worked |
The Catholic Church and Bible | People no longer only looked to these for answers. Many teaching were proved incorrect |
Nicholas Copernicus | Astronomer who developed the Heliocentric Theory. (Planets move around the sun) |
Galileo | Astronomer that proved Copernicus was correct. (telescope) Was put on trail by the Catholic Church for going against their ideas |
Sir Isaac Newton | Mathematician and astronomer who developed calculus and the theory of gravity |
Rene Descartes | Mathematician, believed that all things are false unless proven by reason |
Effects of the Scientific Revolution | Spread ideas through Europe Challenged Catholic Church's authority Led to the Enlightenment |
Johannes Kepler | Proved Copernicus MATHEMATICALLY;discovered how planets move |
Scientific Method | Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas |
Francis Bacon | Thought that scientists should observe the world and not simply accept old knowledge |