Transcript Aim: How did the Scientific Revolution change the world?

Do Now: Write down the definition of science below.
Science is the ability to observe the world
and reach conclusions about how it works.
In what ways has science impacted your life?
In your own words please define faith.
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The scientific mind is different from
the religious mind.
A scientist looks to prove his ideas
about the world. Faith alone is not
enough.
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The Scientific Revolution changed
world history.
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The Scientific
Revolution
began during
the Renaissance
and continued
through the
17th and 18th
centuries.
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I. Pre-Revolution
•
Church was still
main authority
•
Geocentric
universe (earthcentered)
•
Renaissance and
Reformation
challenge old
views
•
Many scientists
now challenge
theories
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 People began to ask questions, to
observe, and to think
independently. Why, Why, Why…
Observation
No longer content to turn to
religion
for answers, scientists wanted to
know why events happened.
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 People used the scientific method.
They did not look to the Church for
answers.
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II. Galileo
For the scientist, seeing is believing.
This is a heliocentric model. The sun
is the center of the solar system.
• Proves Copernican
theory
• First to use a
telescope to
document the stars
• He faced the
Inquisition and
forced to recant his
theories
• Placed on index of
Forbidden books
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III. Revolutionary
Scientists
•Scientific Method: uses
observation, hypothesis,
and experimentation
•Francis Bacon: inductive
logic. experimentation and
the collection and analysis
of data.
•Rene Descartes: deductive
method, whatever could be
doubted must be rejected “I
think, therefore I am”
•Isaac Newton: Law of
Gravitation, Calculus
Sir Isaac Newton
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 Experimentation
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 New ways of thinking; new ways
of learning
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The Scientific Revolution
Define
science.
How does
the Scientific
Method
differ
from
Faith?
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How
did the
Scientific
Revolution
change
World
History?
 What was the Scientific Revolution?
 Why did scientists during the Scientific Revolution
sometimes come into conflict with Church officials?
 Describe the scientific method.
 Who was Galileo Galilei and what did he believe?
 In what ways did the Scientific Revolution weaken the
power of the church?
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