chapter 16 the scientific revolution
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Chapter 16 The Scientific Revolution. The ideas of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment laid the foundation for a modern worldview based on rationalism and secularism . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 16The Scientific
Revolution
The ideas of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment laid the foundation for a modern worldview based on rationalism and secularism. Enlightenment thought led some rulers to advocate such natural rights as equality before the law and freedom of religion. The American colonies formed a new nation and ratified the Constitution of the United States based on these ideas.
Galileo
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Rationalism
•Reason is the chief source of knowledge.
Louis XIV – “The Sun King” A source of light to all his people
.Created the Royal Academy of Science
•Andreas Vesalius wrote On The Fabric of the Human Body, which presented a careful and accurate examination of human anatomy.
Three major developments occur…
1. Scientific Method The intellectuals of the Enlightenment
advocated the rights of the individual, paving the way for the rise of:
2. Democracy3. Separation of Powers a
system of checks and balances that strongly influenced the writing of the Constitution of the United States. (Montesquieu)
Charles Montesquieu
Galileo wrote in 1622 accounts of his
observations with the telescope: “The Starry
Messenger”
Nicholas Copernicus:First to argue that the sun, not the
earth, was the center of the universe.
Copernicus & his conversation with God.
Galileo is often called, the “Father of Modern Physics"
• Galileo was ordered to stand trial on suspicion of heresy in 1633 • During his last years, Galileo was allowed to return to his villa at Arcetri near Florence, where he spent the remainder of his life under house arrest, dying from natural causes on January 8, 1642. • On 31 October 1992, Pope John Paul II expressed regret for how the Galileo affair was handled, as the result of a study conducted by the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Background to the Revolution Telescope, microscope, and printing press open a
who new world of understanding.
Background to the RevolutionThe study of mathematics in the Renaissance contributed to the scientific achievements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
The great scientists of the day believed that the secrets of nature were written in the language of mathematics.
UNIVERSAL LAW OF GRAVITATION: Showed how one law could explain could explain all motion in the universe.
Newton
