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| Nicolaus Copernicus (1473−1543) |
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| Overturned the Geocentric view of universe; caused many Christians to be angry, ESP Protestants |
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| built an observatory and collected data. |
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| Johannes Kepler (1571−1630) |
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| Younger than Brahe; used Brahe’s observations to formulate his laws of planetary motion. |
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| Galileo Galilei (1564−1642) |
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| challenged Aristotelian ideas about terrestrial motion;Galileo’s astronomical observations provided support for the Copernican cosmology; came in conflict with Catholic Church, forcing him to retreat |
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| integrated the astronomy of Copernicus and Kepler with the physics of Galileo;He formulated a set of mathematical principles to explain motion and mechanics. |
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| Causes of the Scientific Revolution |
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1. Medieval universities provided the framework for the new view.
2. Renaissance scholars stimulated science by rediscovering ancient mathematics.
3. Better ways of obtaining knowledge about the world improved the scientific method.
4. Francis Bacon (1561−1626) advocated empirical, experimental research.
5. René Descartes (1596−1650) emphasized deductive reasoning. |
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| Some Consequences of the Scientific Revolution |
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1. The rise of modern science produced an international scientific community.
2. The scientific method challenged the primacy of tradition.
3. The scientific revolution had little immediate impact on the European economy. |
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