Scientific revolution

Scientific revolution

Before the Scientific Revolution

• Knowledge of the Greeks were widely accepted

• Earth is the center of the solar system

• All planets and moons revolve in a circle around the Earth

• Earth stays still in the center

Aristotle

Aristotle was a great thinker and philosopher from Ancient Greece. He is the first documented scientist in history. He thought the Earth was the center of the universe and that the sun, moon, planets, and stars revolved around it . (GEOCENTRIC MODEL)

Geocentric Model

The Earth is the center of the Universe.

Geo=Earth

Centric=Center

Multiple Choice

He thought the Earth was the center of the universe and that the Sun, Moon, Planets, and Stars revolved around it.

• Copernicus

• Artistotle

• Santa Claus

• Galileo

Multiple Choice

Aristotle was from Ancient ______.

• Greece

• Rome

• Egypt

• China

The Problem:

During the Middle Ages, the Catholic church accepted the geocentric theory because it shows that people and God are center of the Universe

Remember: Most people listened to the Church because they didn't want to mess with God!

Multiple Choice

Aristotle and the Catholic Church believed in which model?

• Geocentric

• Heliocentric

Multiple Choice

Why did the Catholic Church believe the Geocentric Theory?

• It was convenient

• The Greeks believe it, so why not?

• It showed people and God are center of the Universe

Nicholas Copernicus

• Worked for the Catholic Church (Secretary)

• He was also a Scientist and Astronomer

• He had a theory was that the sun is in the middle of the solar system, and the planets go around it.

Heliocentric Theory

The Sun is the center of the Universe

Helio = Sun

Centric = Center

Multiple Choice

Who did Copernicus work for?

• His father

• The government

• The Catholic Church

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What is the Heliocentric Theory?

• The Earth is the center of the Universe

• The sun is the center of the Universe

The problems with his theory....

Copernicus was fearful that

1. He had not technically proven his theory

2. He may be seen as a heretic (crazy) for his findings by the Catholic Church.

How will the Church react?

• Copernicus wrote a book titled, "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)

• He didn't release his findings until 1543, when he was on his deathbed.

Multiple Select

Why did Copernicus wait to publish his book while on his deathbed? (Pick two)

• His theory was unproven

• He was shy

• He was too busy to publish before then

• He was worried the Church would call him crazy

Galileo Galilei

#rebelwithacause

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei

• His father wanted him to be a doctor.

• He began experimenting with different things so he could sell his inventions for money

• He experimented with

  pendulums, thermometers, and magnets.

Shhh...it's a secret

• He heard a Dutch inventor had created a "Spyglass", but was keeping it secret.

• Within 24 hours, he invented the telescope that could maginfy things 10X larger than real life

Multiple Choice

Why did Galileo start experimenting?

• For the fame

• For the money

• For the swagger

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What idea did Galileo "borrow" to create the telescope?

• The microscope

• The Heliocentric Theory

• The Spyglass

Space is HUGE!

• With his telescope, Galileo discovered that the moon is not smooth, but covered in bumps and craters

• Also, discovered the 4 moons on Jupiter ad that Saturn has rings

#scienceisreal

• In 1632, he wrote a book called "The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"

• In this book he proved why he thought the Earth orbited the Sun.....PROVING COPERNICUS WAS RIGHT!!!

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did Galileo NOT prove with his telescope?

• The moon is bumpy with lots of craters

• Saturn has rings

• Jupiter has 4 moons

• The Moon is made of cheese

Multiple Choice

True or False: Galileo did not prove Copernicus' Heliocentric theory with the telescope.

• True

• False

And then the Church found out....

• The powerful Catholic Church considered Galileo's ideas as crazy

• The Catholic Church sentenced him to life in prison, but later allowed him to live at his home in Tuscany under house arrest

House arrest

• Galileo continued to write while under house arrest

• In his later years he became blind and died 10 years later.

• "All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them."-Galileo

Multiple Select

Why would the Catholic Church be resistant to science?

• science threatens the authority of the Church

• the Church sees some scientific practices as sins

• people will be more focused more on the world, not God