PHIL 12 Chapter Notes - Chapter PGS 556-566: Scientific Revolution, Empiricism, Andreas Vesalius
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Mmw 13 textbook notes the scientific revolution (pgs 556-566) Math to understand and represent the world. Saw the greek knowledge in other regions. Renaissance: foundation for scientific revolution, knowledge for practical purposes in life. Divisions made it impossible for orthodox ideas. Earth center of the universe, and beyond the solar system was heaven. Copernicus: sun center of the universe. Heliocentric model: everything revolves around the sun, didn"t publish his works until he was on his deathbed out of fear. Tycho brahe: tables of the motions of the planets. Johannes kepler: elliptical orbits, planets don"t orbit all at the same speed, time it takes to orbit related to distance from the sun, used math to prove that the sun was the center. Galileo galilei: law of inertia, jupiter"s moons. Sun accepted as center in the scientific community by 1640. Spanish crown"s expedition for information and specimens: especially plants for medicine and crops.
