Scientific Revolution

3. Before the Scientific
Revolution
• Science was called “natural
philosophy”
• Science mixed with moral
philosophy, theology,
numerology, alchemy & magic
• Ancient Greek sources highly
trusted
• Few experiments were
performed

4. What was the Scientific Revolution?
• From 1542 to 1700
• Development of new ways to study universe
• Old authorities no longer blindly accepted
• Application of mathematics to natural world
• Creation and spread of new ideas and
discoveries

5. Causes of the Scientific Revolution
• Printing press spread new ideas
• Age of Exploration fueled a great deal of
scientific research because of technology
needed for navigation
• Translation of the works of Muslim scholars
opened the minds of European thinkers to
new scientific knowledge

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7. Geocentric Model
Earth is in the center, with the sun,
planets, and stars revolving around it

8. Heliocentric Model
• Earth is not center
of the universe
• Earth is just another
planet
• Earth revolves
around the Sun
• Night and day
caused by Earth’s
rotation

10. Question: If you drop a basketball and a
bowling ball off a ten-story building, which
one will hit the ground first?

14. Galileo Galilei
Galileo was an Italian mathematics teacher, astronomer and
physicist, and one of the first true scientists. He used an
experiment to test one of Aristotle’s theories.
Galileo’s
Experiment:
Finds objects of
different weights
will fall at the same
speed (in a
vacuum).
Aristotle’s
theory:
Heavier
objects fall
faster than
lighter ones

16. Why might the church
have a problem with the
Scientific Revolution?