Scientific Revolution Flashcards
Johannes Kepler
-Mathematician that proved Heliocentric thr. with tycho brahe and copernicus data
Isaac Newton
-Math. and physicist that brought many thr. under a single thr. of motion called the law of universal gravitation
Robert Boyle
Founder of chemistry
Francis Bacon
-Politician that argued for the experimental method
Copernicus
-Heliocentric theroy in 1543
Descartes
-math. that linked algebra and geometry and to use logic and reason
Galileo
-Scientific genius but church didn’t agree with his teaching and was put under house arrest
Scientific Revolution
-1550s where study of natural world began to be characterized by observations and questions of accepted beliefs
Causes:
1)Age of Exploration 2)Renaissance
Impacts
1)Heliocentric Theroy 2)Scientific Method