HIS 102 Western Civ II, slides from class on Scientific Revolution

1. HIS 102 Western Civilization II
Kara Heitz

2. 3 Perspectives:
1. New knowledge about the natural world
2. New methods of investigation & ways of attaining
knowledge (scientific method)
3. Creating scientific communities & spreading of scientific
knowledge/methods to educated public

3. The Scientific Method

5. Comparing the Correspondences of Benjamin Franklin (top) and Voltaire’s (bottom)

6. “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” By Rembrandt (1632)

7. The anatomical theatre at Leiden University in the 17th century

8. “An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump” by Joseph Wright of Derby (1768)

9. Small Group Work:
Correspondence between Oldenburg (left) and Spinoza (right)

10. Great Plague of 1665 in London

11. Illustration from Mundus Subterraneus (1665) by Athanasium Kircher

12. Huygens' drawing of
his pendulum clock