Transcript The Scientific Revolution: Chapter 6, Section 1

Timeline of European History
Ancient
History
Medieval
History
Modern
History
(Middle Ages or Dark Ages)
500 AD
1300-1500
Fall of Roman Empire
Renaissance
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Ancient thinkers try
to figure out the world;
Great accomplishments
in art, math, philosophy,
etc…
Life in Europe is difficult
& dangerous; few people
are educated & little
advancement in learning
takes place; Christian
Church is all powerful
& people look to it
to lead them to a
happy eternity.
Renaissance
scholars rediscover
knowledge of the
ancients & create
amazing art,
architecture,
literature, etc…;
Christian Church still
very powerful &
influential in society.
But …
… what if you
(as a Renaissance thinker)
discovered that the
“ALL KNOWING ANCIENTS”
were wrong???
Or, what if you disagreed with
something that the ALL POWERFUL
Christian Church taught you???
The Scientific Revolution:
Chapter 6, Section 1
What will we learn?
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What did
people think
like before
the Scientific
Revolution?
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What new ideas
changed the
way people
thought
(& thinkers
responsible for
them)?
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• Why were
some
new ideas
controversial?
Before the Scientific Revolution
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people answered questions about
the physical world with stories,
myths, & “common sense”
people believed in geocentric theory:
- belief that the earth was at the
center of the universe with moon,
sun, & planets moving in perfect
circles around it
- Taught by ancient Greeks
Aristotle (philosopher) and
Ptolemy (astronomer)
- supported by Christian Church
God made it this way!
BAM!!! A new way of thinking . . .
The Scientific Revolution
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a new way of thinking about
the natural world based on
observation & experimentation 
use of scientific method
questioned knowledge of the
ancients (& challenged some of
the church’s teachings)
began in the mid-1500s in Europe
COOL FACT: ideas spread in European
coffeehouses!