THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

GALILEO

• He had many ideas with the telescope
• Nobody believed in his ideas
• His actions resulted in conflict with the church

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

• He stated that all physical objects are held down by gravity
• Believed that planets revolved around the sun because or gravity
• His theory was called the law of universal gravitation

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

• Steps:Observing and describing a subject
• Forming a hypothesis
• Testing the hypothesis is an experiment
• Interpreting results to draw a conclusion

SIR FRANCES BACON

DECARTES

• Believed in questioning the opinions of recognized authorities
• Argued that God had created two realities