The Scientific Revolution

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The Scientific Revolution

• World History

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Impact of Renaissance/New Technology and
Mathematics

• Greek and Latin Languages studied again
• Telescope, microscope and printing press advance
  thinking
• Letters representing unknown quantities
• Decimal system introduced

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Isaac Newton

• Newtons Laws of gravitation and motion
• First Law An object in motion or at rest will
  stay unless acted upon by an outside force
• Second Law Force Mass x Acceleration
• Third Law For every action, there is an equal
  and opposite reaction

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Ptolemaic System

• Earth is the center of the universe
• Everything else rotates around it
• Beyond the spheres is God and Heaven

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Nicolaus Copernicus

• Idea that the sun is the center of the universe,
  not the earth
• Johannes Kepler adds scientific proof to shoot
  down Ptolemaic theory

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Galileo

• Discovers and theorizes that heavenly bodies
  are actually planets similar to earth
• Has severe run ins with the Catholic Church
• 1633 Forces by church to sign document,
  repenting his findings
• Must spend the rest of his life in house arrest
• 2000 Pope John Paul II formally apologizes

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Breakthroughs in Medicine

• Dissection of the human body
• Heart is the starting point for the circulation
  of blood
• The same blood flows through the arteries as does
  the veins

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Chemistry

• Boyles Law Volume of gas varies with pressure

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Contributions of Women

• Margaret Cavendish Advances in Philosophy
• Maria Winkelmann Advances in Astronomy

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Scientific Method

• Francis Bacon Creates method to help people best
  understand the physical world.
• Eliminate all opinions
• Utilize facts
• Propose theories
• Conduct experiments
• Analyze results