Tuesday, September 14, 2010

H.W #5

1)Scientific Revolution-A new form of thinking about the new world

Nicoulas Copernicus-A astronomer that believed that everything orbited around the sun.

Heliocentric Theory-Believes that the sun was in the center.

Johannes Kepler-Describes the orbits of Earth and the planets around the Sun.

Galileo Galilei-Discovered the law of pendulum.

Scientific Method-Procedure for gathering and testing ideeas.

Francis Bacon-Made the scientific method and disagreed with Aristotle.

Rene Descrates-Developed analtical geometry.

Isaac Newton-Was certain that all physical objects were affected equally by the same
forces.

2)There was new math and science which was developed.
People started to test Aristotle's theories.
People began to doubt the churche's theories.
People began to prove common sense wrong.
People became intrested in math and science and made new discoveries.

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