Question 1:
Scientific Revolution - A new aspect on how the natural world is viewed by observation and the will power to question beliefs.
Nicolaus Copernicus - A brave man who questioned the geocentric theory. He believed the sun was still and center of the universe but based on the geocentric theory it wasn't. Nicolaus studied planetary movements for 25 years and he turned out correct. The sun does sit still in the center of the universe and he created his own theory. The heliocentric theory.
Heliocentric Theory - A theory created by Nicolaus Copernicus. The Heliocentric theory was a theory that was based on believing that the sun was at the center of the universe and planets rotated around it.
Johannes Kepler - He followed up on Tycho Brahe's work. He researched all his data and came up with a mathematical system that backs up how planetary motion occurs.
Galileo Galilei - A 17-year-old italian boy who in 1581 discovered an astonishing discovery. The discovery of the law of the pendulum. He did so by watching a chandelier swing on a chain. While he was gazing he remembered Aristotle said "That a pendulum swings at a slower rhythm as it approaches its resting place". Galileo had doubts after concentrating on the swinging chandelier. Galileo timed the chandilers swings by using his own beating pulse. He then discovered Aristotle was wrong. Galileo discovered the pendulum did not slow down in speed it had the same constant pace. Thus creating Galileo's "The Law of the Pendulum" discovery.
Scientific Method - A series of steps used to figure out problems (They don't necessarily have to involve science) also for gathering and testing new ideas. There are 5 steps to this method.
- Make a hypothesis
- Go through the Procedure (Your hypothesis)
- Get your results
- Make a conclusion
- Repeat the experiment
Francis Bacon - An English politician and writer. Francis also loved science after he found out how to understand the world better.
Rene Descartes - Made analytical geometry which connect algebra and geometry together. This was an essential new tool for scientific research.
Isaac Newton - Brought together other theory's by making his own theory of motion. His theory was that all physical objects were affected equally by the same forces. Isaac discovered that the same forces ruled the motions of the planet (this helped Nicolaus Copernicus's theory) , The Pendulum ( this helped Galileo Galilei's theory) , and all matter on earth and space. He also pointed out the flaws in Aristotle's theory making his irrelevant.
Question 2:
1. There were no good explanations backing up statements made about nature,space,and other things. This made people curious and started thinking of their on explanations or creating their own theory's.
2. People started to use math as a tool for good things. Meaning they started experimenting all the things you can figure out with math. This made some people discover there are somethings you can't do with math and made them curious as to why.
3. One's in general curiosity.
4. Some people looked beyond then Focus of "Man" in paintings and started appreciating the smaller things in the background.
5. the New inventions gave some people more reasons to get into to research and study certain scientific theory's to see if they were true.
