Chapter 14 Flashcards
Galileo and his views on how nature should be understood and explained
Mathemtatically
17th Century Scientists
Capernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, Isaac Newton
Characteristics/Descriptions of the Scientific Revolution
- “The process which established the new view on the Universe.”
- Natural Philosophy
- Very Slow
- Informal
- Very widespread geographically
- Main focus on Astronomy
Descriptions of differing views of the Universe
- Ptolemaic: Geocentrism system
- Copernican: Heliocentrism
- Tychonic: Geocentric + Heliocentrism
Facts/Characteristics of the traditional view of the universe prior to the Scientific Revolution
Ptolemaic view: Earth was in the center, scriptural support by literal interpretation
Copernican System of the Universe
Helicentrism: Sun in the middle of universe, Earth rotation + revolving, Earth is not fixed
Nicolaus Copernicus’ contributions to the Scientific Revolution
(1473-1543)
1543: “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres” = revolution making. Tool for others to make points, was foundational
Tycho Brahe’s contributions to the Scientific Revolution
(1546-1601)
- Tychonic System
- Astronomical data
Johannes Kepler’s contributions to the Scientific Revolution
(1571-1630)
1609: “The New Astronomy” = Elliptical orbits
Facts about Isaac Newton and his contributions to the Scientific Revolution
(1642-1727)
1687: “Principia Mathematica” = Universal Gravitation, Laws of Motion, Empiricism
Galileo’s literary works
- “Starry Messenger”
- “Letters on Sunspots”
- “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” (not really significant)
Galileo’s views on the universe
Heliocentrism
Galileo’s major contributions to the Scientific Revolution
1609: Improved the Telescope!
Mechanism and what natural philosophers believed it achieved
Mechanism: Explaining world through mechanical metaphors
- World = entity of moving parts
- Analogy of Clock
- Shifts view from religious to utilitarian
- Symbolism changed how can it improve our lives
Facts about Francis Bacon and his contributions to scientific inquiry
(1561-1626)
- “Father of Empiricism”
- Inductive Reasoning, Specific –> General
- 1620: Novum Organum (New Brain = Brain)
- Believed truths found should be used
- Utilitarian!