THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

By: GIBAGA, Stiffany M.

THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION (1543- 1687)

many breakthrough discoveries were made:

in science and philosophy,
era in which the Europeans perception of the
universe and their role in it was changed forever
 It began in the middle decades of
the 16th century and continued
through the early part of the 18th
century.

It involved gradual developments in

astronomy, physics, chemistry,
and biology.
 SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTIONARIES
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A . COPERNICUS
(1473-1543)

-Aim to glorify God

-Sun-centered universe

-Challenged circular orbits

-Universe of staggering size

-Earth no different than any other

planet

-On the Revolutions of the

Heavenly Spheres (1543)
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B. TYCHO BRAHE
(1546-1601)

-Most sophisticated
observatory of his day

-Arrogant nobleman

-Remained an Aristotelian

-Discovered comet shooting

right through crystalline
spheres
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C. JOHANNES
KEPLER (1571-1630)

-Student of Brahe

-Planetary motion
conforms to mathematical
formula

-Elliptical orbits

-Planets do not move at

uniform speeds in their
orbits
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D. GALILEO GALILEI
(1564-1642)

-Early practitioner of the

experimental method

-Mathematical formula for

acceleration of falling objects

-Law of inertia

-His discoveries using the telescope

-Challenges categories of form and

matter

-End of his life

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E. ISAAC NEWTON
(1642-1727)

-Newton far from the perfect

rationalist

-A great synthesizer

-Blends inductive and deductive

methods

-Argues for a universe governed by

natural laws

-Principia; Mathematical Principles

of Natural Philosophy (1687)
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F. FRANCIS BACON
(1561-1626)

-Father of the Scientific

Revolution

-The Inductive Method

-Emphasis on practical,
useful knowledge

-New attitude toward

nature
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G. RENE DESCARTES
(1596-1650)

-Significance of Doubt

-The Deductive Method

-Spatial relationships
can be expressed in
mathematical formulas

-Father of analytical
geometry
 CAUSES OF SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION
Navigational problems of sea voyages

Spurred many discoveries and new laws

Intellectual activity was no longer restricted to the abstract but it was

shown to have practical applications as well.

A change in the ideological aspect

Invention of the printing press, the Scientific Method, Humanism,

Reformation, etc.
 IV. EFFECTS OF THE SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION
Social impact
rich get richer
not much immediate direct change for peasants
widens intellectual gap
Effect on navigation, map making and artillery
- Successful exploration and conquests
Science has innumerable social effects over time: new guns, bigger armies,
more taxes, social discontent
guns lead to European colonialism (more accurate cannon fire)
New way of observing and looking at the world.
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