The Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution

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The Roots of Modern Science

The Roots of Modern Science

For hundreds of years people looked at the world

and believed what Aristotle and and the Church said about it

Scientific Revolution: a new way of thinking

about the natural world.

The Earth Around the Sun?

The Earth Around the Sun?

It had always been believed that the

universe circled the flat earth.

A guy named Copernicus studied planets and

discovered that all planets revolve around the sun!

Along Comes GalileoAlong Comes Galileo

Galileo used a new invention, the telescope, to

prove many things.

- Jupiter had many moons

- Our moon had mountains

- Copernicus’ theories were right!

Catholic Church ReactsCatholic Church Reacts

Everything Galileo said went against

the Church.

The Church put him on trial and

forced him to admit he had lied.

How dare he!

A New Way of ThinkingA New Way of Thinking

Over time this questioning and studying lead to the

creation of Scientific Method.

A logical way of gathering and testing ideas.

Leading to New DiscoveriesUsing scientific

method lead to the creation of many important things.

MicroscopesUnderstand the

human bodyVaccines

Why this is important for our class

Why this is important for our class

The development of science lead people to

question beliefs they’ve always had about:

Church KingsThe right to

govern ourselves!

The keyword is: QUESTIONING!!!