Scientific+Revolution

Michael Rupic

Analyze the improvements of the Scientific Revolution brought to society and whether the changes of thinking were handled positively or negatively.


 * Improvements**
 * Copernicus-//On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres//
 * planets make perfect revolutions
 * heliocentric theory-sun is center of universe
 * Brahe-earth/other planets revolved around sun
 * studied in castle for several years
 * Kepler-analyzed data of his employer
 * laws of planetary motion-movements/orbits were elliptical-not circular
 * Galileo-agreed with heliocentric idea
 * earth is not perfect-terrestrial with blemishes
 * //Starry Messenger//-reasoning behind sun-centered world-rejected by Catholic church
 * //Dialogue//-compromise/defense between two beliefs (heliocentric vs. geocentric)
 * Newton-world functioned as a machine-mechanistic universe
 * //Principia//-mathematical proofs for beliefs-gravity/composition of light
 * Galen-analyzed animal bodies-fours humors-blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm
 * Harvey-//On the Motion of the Heart and Blood//-heart-beginning point of circulation-not liver
 * Paracelsus-"like cures like"
 * Vesalius-//On the Fabric of the Human Body//-dissected human bodies-examined individual organs-more in-depth study of anatomy
 * Cavendish-//Grounds of Natural Philosophy//-participated in debates
 * Merian-//Wonderful Metamorphosis//...//of Caterpillars//-interested in bugs
 * Winkelmann-discovered comet
 * Descartes-//Discourse on Method//
 * belief in separation between mind and body/spirit and matter-Cartesian dualism
 * //Cogito ergo sum//-"I think, therefore I am"
 * Bacon-//The Great Restoration//
 * invented scientific method-general to specific
 * Spinoza-//Ethics//...
 * pantheism-God is embodied in all aspects of nature
 * Pascal-//Pensees//
 * attempted to unite science and religion


 * Changes of Thinking**
 * appreciation of science
 * condemnation of new thought
 * acceptance as theories or laws
 * scientific societies/debates-French Royal Academy-English Royal Society
 * spread knowledge/ideas across continent
 * arguments-new findings helpful or unnecessary?
 * focus on applying new discoveries to everyday life-practice uses


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