2. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
New technology, combined with innovative
approaches to seeking knowledge led to a
breakthrough in Western thought
The Polish scientist Copernicus became
convinced that the Earth was round and that
it rotated on its axis as it revolved around
the sun
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6. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
To avoid persecution or imprisonment for his
views, Copernicus worked in privacy for 30
years without publishing his ideas
Other scientists took Copernicus’ ideas
even further into a scientific understanding
of the universe
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8. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
The German astronomer Kepler provided
mathematical proof that the planets revolve
around the sun, but at changing speeds and
in ellipses, not at a constant speed in circles
as Copernicus had believed
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11. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
In
1632, Galileo announced in publication
that his observations confirmed
Copernicus’s assertions that not all
heavenly bodies revolved around the earth.
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14. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
An outraged Pope Urban VIII put Galileo on
trial
After recanting his views, Galileo helped the
establish the universal law of physics
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16. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
Rene Descartes, a French mathematician
saw mathematics as the prefect model for
clear and certain knowledge
He believed truth must be reached through
reason and said, “I think, therefore I am”
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18. NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS
In the work Principia, English mathematician
Isaac Newton offered a new understanding
of the universe
The book stated Newton’s theory of
universal gravitation; to prove his theory,
Newton developed Calculus
Newton’s work greatly influenced scientific
thought
