Scientific revolution - Copernicus and Kepler Explore the heavens Kepler moves to Prague because he was persecuted as a protestant Kepler shared

Copernicus and Kepler- Explore the heavens Kepler moves to Prague because he was persecuted as a protestant - Kepler shared Copernicus’ belief that the earth was moving while the sun stood still o He carefully plotted the orbit of mars, and in doing so, he concluded that the orbit of the planets were not perfect- elliptical  The planets were affected by a force emanating from the sun  He used observation and mathematics to demonstrate that the planets were separate from the stars  He believed that the planets had different properties from the stars- they are fixed, planets are not o Took issues with Aristotle’s crystalline spheres did not exist o Kepler gives God a hand back into the universe  The hand of god is not required to govern the workings of the universe- but he created it and set it in motion  The sun is not the center of the universe • Catholics didn’t like this o He sought to glorify god by demonstrating consistency, harmony and order - Sir Francis Bacon- from England, multitalented individual; lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and he decided to launch an attack on medieval ideas on metaphysics and science o The idea of science as a discipline does not exist until the revolution o He helps to detach science from philosophy  Rejected any argument that was based on the authority of the church or does not have proof  Calls for a total reconstruction of the sciences, arts and all human knowledge o He isn’t known for what he discovered- he is important because he reform the way we approach things o He launches a new way of reasoning  Inductive reasoning • Comes from observation and experimentation; then there is a generalization about it • An effort to reveal the truths of the universe through scientific experiments rather than religion - Galileo o He works in Italy- comes up with new ways about thinking about the heavens, new types of scientific measurement, and ways of observation  This plays a big role in the scientific revolution- it is a way of approaching things- not application  Large advances in technology- • Telescope o Upon learning that a guy had invented a ‘spyglass’ in Holland, Galileo invented his own