scientific rev. & enlightenment review

Renaissance, Reformation, & Age of Exploration

• Resurfacing of Greek/Roman texts revives interest in science & education. Printing press lead to faster spread of info & scientific ideas that became affordable to ALL classes.

• People doubt the Catholic Church & question their authority on matters of science & knowledge. Humanism leads people to discover the world for themselves, and not rely on the Catholic Church for answers.

• Tremendous wealth for Europeans means more money available for scientific research & education. Discoveries made in the New World gave people doubts that the Greek & Roman science they knew covered everything in the universe

1) ask a question
2) Do background research
3) Form a hypothesis
4) Experiment
5) Analyze data & draw a conclusion
6) Report results

• Bacon encouraged people to experiment & draw their own conclusions.

• He created the Scientific Method

• First to mathematically prove that the moon revolves around Earth & that Earth spins on an axis, explaining day & night

• First to advocate for a heliocentric solar system.

Galileo Galilei

• Invented an advanced telescope, used it to observe the moons of Jupiter, phases of venus, craters & mountains on the moon and the stars of the milky way.

• First to propose the concept of inertia

• Publicly confirmed Copernicus' heliocentric theory

• Sentenced to lifetime house arrest by Catholic Church