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enaissance
Age of
Enlightenme
Renaissance
nlightenment
A g e o f
Nicholas Bacon Anne Cooke
Lord
keeper
of the
Holder of
PURITAN’S
Belief
INSTRAUTIO
M A G N A
INSTRAUTIO MAGNA
“Great Instauration”
a multi-volume work in
which Bacon explained how
new knowledge in all human
activities could be discovered
“Multi pertransibunt & augebitur
Scientia.”“Many will pass through and knowledge will be increa
THROWING OUT
A r i s t o t
l e
Bacon’s objective was to replace
Aristotle and Plato’s works.
after you had mastered what Aristotle had to
say about Nature, you knew everything.
He also objected to to mix scientific ideas with
religious ideas.
NOVUM ORGANUM
“The New Tool”
NOVUM ORGANUM
“The New Tool”
use of the scientific
method to discover
knowledge about the
natural world
1620
Baconian Method of science
INDUCTIVE METHOD
“The New Tool”
INDUCTIVE METHOD
you move from
specific facts to
a general rule
INDUCTIVE METHOD
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS
measuring the electric conductivities of a number of solid
materials
metals conduct electricity better than nonmetals.
DEDUCTIVE METHOD
“I believe that because (copper will be a better
conductor than wood), metals will be better electrical
conductors than nonmetals.”
NOBLE science
IGNOBLE g r e e d
Bacon followed his
father’s footsteps
He moved to London
for training at
Gray’s Inn
he became a
Member of
Parliament
he was knighted for his
service to
King James
Sir
he was appointed as
England’s
Attorney
Lord
High-Chancellor of
Engla
Bacon was
eventually
investigated for
bribetakingand
corruption.
He admitted his
guilt to this.
Bacon died
because of
pneumonia
on
April 9, 1626
É
É
É
Joachim Descartes Jeanne Brochard
Lawyer
BRITTANY’S
COURT OF
JUSTICE
daughter of
the
Lieutenant
General of
EDUCATION
B A C K G R O U N
D
He boarded at the
Jesuit School at La Flèche in
Anjou Logic
Theology
Philosophy
Latin And Greek
Mathematics
Physics
AGE of 11
He graduated from the
University of Poitiers
(1616)
with a diploma and license in
church and civil law
AGE of 20
MIRACLE
THE
He believed a spirit sent
by God gave him new
ideas about:
The Scientific Method
Analytical Geometry
Philosophy
1. The Method Discours de la mèthode
Discussion of the Method
2. ANALYTICAL GEOMETRYLa Gèomètrie (Geometry)
he could solve problems in
geometry by converting
them into problems in
algebra.
X
-y
-X
y
1
-1
1 2 3-3 -2 -1
(2,1)
RENÉ DESCARTES ian Coordinate System
MODERN NOTATION FOR EXPONENTS
a.a.a
3. PHILOSOPHY
“I can think, therefore, I exist”
“I think therefore I am”
Cogito ergo sum
je pense, donc je suis
AGE of 39He became
fatherHelena Jans van der Strom
(Amsterdam servant )
FRANCI
invited to Stockholm
by
Queen
Christina of
YEAR 1649
He died because of
pneumonia
In
Stockholm
on
February 11, 1650
AGE of 53

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Psm 1 francis bacon and rene descrates (remalyn)

Editor's Notes

  1. Both the Renaissance and the Enlightenment are two significant points in world history, specifically in European history. Both periods have distinctive characteristics but share the notion of being periods of discovery in many aspects of life and living in this world. Each period has its own world view, which is basically a framework of ideas and beliefs through which people interpret the world. derived from the French word meaning 'rebirth because many of the changes experienced between the 14th and 16th Enlightenment intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism
  2. Science and art were very closely related Great artists, such as Leonardo da Vinci, would study anatomy to better understand the body so they could create better paintings and sculptures The true geniuses of the time were often both artists and scientists
  3. The first mechanical clock was invented during the early Renaissance. Improvements were made by Galileo who invented the pendulum in 1581
  4. Francis Bacon was born into a prominent wealthy family in London, England, on January 2, 1561. He was the family’s youngest son. Bacon’s father was Sir Nicholas Bacon, who held the powerful government position of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.( Great Officers of State) His mother was Anne Cooke, a scholar, translator, and holder of strong Puritan beliefs. They believed that all of their beliefs should be based on the Bible, which they considered to be divinely inspired. The concept of covenant was extremely important to Puritans, and covenant theology was central to their beliefs.
  5. Latin, focusing on arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, grammar, music theory, logic, and rhetoric.*
  6. Bacon believed it was time to move beyond the ancient philosophies which had come from Mediterranean countries Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Libya, The image shows one ship returning, bringing new discoveries, while another sets off in search of more.
  7. Bacon’s objective was to replace Aristotle and Plato’s works, which were based on logical and philosophical arguments, with a new body of scientific knowledge secured by experiments and observations.
  8. Bacon’s most significant work, Novum Organum (The New Tool), described what came to be called the Baconian Method of science. Published in 1620, it was part of his Instauratio magna series of books.
  9. Electrical conductivity is the measure of a material's ability to allow the transport of an electric charge involved measuring the electric conductivities of a number of solid materials such as silver, gold, iron, platinum, lead, copper, zinc, tin, brass, sulfur, phosphorus, wood, table salt, granite, sand and sugar metals conduct electricity better than nonmetals.
  10. Bacon’s attempts to organize and systematize the way science is done were only a small part of his life’s work. He actually devoted most of his time to his legal career
  11. Before his sixteenth birthday he began a three-year tour of Europe taking in France, Italy and Spain. Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, news reached Bacon that his father had died. He returned to England and subsequently began working very seriously as a lawyer.
  12. he became a Member of Parliament
  13. His career really took off in 1603 when he was 42 years old. In that year Queen Elizabeth died and was replaced by King James. Bacon was a very loyal servant to King James
  14. Aged 56 he reached the top, becoming Lord High-Chancellor of England
  15. His term at the top of the greasy pole was short. In his defense he said that, although he had taken bribes, he had still applied the law correctly, even if this disadvantaged the people who had bribed him He was banned from holding any more positions in government, and he lost most of his government pension. His political downfall came in 1621, when he was 60, and was perhaps inevitable. Although he was a highly intelligent man and seems genuinely to have wanted to act in the best interests of his country, he also had an insatiable craving for money.
  16. His political downfall came in 1621, when he was 60, and was perhaps inevitable. Although he was a highly intelligent man and seems genuinely to have wanted to act in the best interests of his country, he also had an insatiable craving for money. The marriage had produced no children He died because he spent too long working in low temperatures. This was the time of the “Little Ice Age” when winters in Europe were colder and longer than today. carry out some experiments on food preservation by freezing a chicken. Unfortunately he became chilled by the cold conditions. He got a bad cough and his health then deteriorated rapidly.
  17. born into a well-educated, upper-class family on March 31, 1596 in the French village of La Haye en Touraine René was their third child. A year after René’s birth his mother and her fourth child died during childbirth. René was raised by his grandmother and his great-uncle From birth René suffered poor health and had a permanent cough. Local doctors thought he would not survive infancy. His father employed a nurse
  18. At the age of about ten or eleven René was finally considered healthy enough to begin school 5:00 10:00 René spent seven years La Flèche learning logic, theology, philosophy, Latin and Greek. In his final two years he also learned mathematics and physics. 18 he left La felche
  19. His father encouraged René Descartes to follow in his footsteps and study law. He did this He joined the Dutch States Army in Breda in 1618 and began studying engineering in a military academy. He soon met beeckman
  20. On November 10, 1619 Descartes was dozing in a warm, stove-heated room in the German town of Neuburg an der Donau.
  21. Descartes made the revolutionary discovery that he could solve problems in geometry by converting them into problems in algebra. GEOMETRY points, lines, planes, angles, parallel lines, triangles study of mathematical symbols Algebra branch of mathematics that uses numbers and letters that represent number
  22. Descartes also introduced the modern notation for exponents. For example, rather than writing a.a.a he would write a3.
  23. Although he never married, in 1635, aged 39, he became a father. His partner was an Amsterdam servant, Helena Jans van der Strom. Their daughter was named Francine. Mother and daughter lived with Descartes in his house – he told people Francine was his niece. He planned to educate his daughter in France, but sadly, at the age of five, she died of scarlet fever. Francine’s mother later got married, with Descartes playing a fatherly role by paying the wedding dowry.
  24. She wanted him to set up a new academy of science.
  25. René Descartes died, aged 53, of pneumonia in Stockholm on February, 11 1650