Scientists
The Scientific Revolution is a period of time where thinkers developed new ideas and a new way of thinking.
René Descartes
René Descartes was a thinker who developed his ideas by the use of logic. He insisted that everything in the natural world can be proven by reason. This means that math and science are used to prove everything that needs explanation. Descartes relied on logic to understand the world around him. Everything in what he believed was a doubt for him until he proved it. Through his intense calculus and understanding of mathematics he created a complex process for solving problems called Analytical Geometry.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus is one of the many thinkers that put in doubt the Ptolemy theory of the Geocentric Theory. He developed the Heliocentric theory which is a more evolved view of the sun as the center of the universe. Copernicus was mainly involved with the subjects that focused on the planetary movements. All his theories and teachings are written down in a book named On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies. His contributions are now essential for the study of astronomy and everything related to our universe.
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher whom ideas are essential to our daily life. His observations were crucial to prove the Copernican hypothesis and to create the base for the Law of Dynamics that explains how objects move on the Earth's surface. Many people believe that the telescope was part of his inventions but actually he was the first scientists to use it t study the universe and the heavens. With the help of it he was able to discover the dark spots in the sun, the phases of Venus and the four moons of Jupiter. All his knowledge was based on the Greek philosopher Aristotle that now justify why Galileo Galilei is known as the father of modern astronomy and modern physics.
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, philosopher, alchemist and theologian. In Cambridge University he became interested in optics and physics. When he returned home he began thinking about gravity and devoted time to optics and calculus. In the mid-1660s, he created many experiments that led to the knowledge about the composition of light and colour. In 1687 he published his only work named Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica that talked about the law of universal force, gravity.
Francis Bacon
Francis bacon was an English writer that was really interested in science. He believed that people should have a better understanding of the world to imporove their understanding. He was against the scholars that relied all their understanding on previous thinkers like Aristotle. He later came up with the experimental method which is an approach for scients to experiment and based from it, create their own conclusions. Their ideas still help our daily life becuase they lead us to understand the natural world.
*All the information provided in this page was taken from notes in classWorks Cited
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