Jessica Harris The Scientific Revolution Ideas and Developments · Kepler’s laws of planetary motion · Elliptical orbit around sun · Speed is greater when the planet is closer to the sun · Average distance from planet to sun equals the time it takes to make 1 revolution · Newton’s laws of gravity · Object moved in straight path, unless deflected · Rate of change is proportional to the force upon the object · Every action has an equal and opposite reaction · Galileo · Inertia · The Starry Messenger – agreeing with Copernicus · Discourse on Method · Ptolemy · Copernicus Humanity’s Place · Descartes · Cartesian Dualism – separation of mind and matter · Hermeticism · Heliocentric – religious uncertainty · Geocentric – God on other side of universe. Proved wrong leading to Heliocentric^ · Paracelsus: microcosm and macrocosm · Spinoza – emotion · Reason
The Scientific Revolution
Ideas and Developments
· Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
· Elliptical orbit around sun
· Speed is greater when the planet is closer to the sun
· Average distance from planet to sun equals the time it takes to make 1 revolution
· Newton’s laws of gravity
· Object moved in straight path, unless deflected
· Rate of change is proportional to the force upon the object
· Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
· Galileo
· Inertia
· The Starry Messenger – agreeing with Copernicus
· Discourse on Method
· Ptolemy
· Copernicus
Humanity’s Place
· Descartes
· Cartesian Dualism – separation of mind and matter
· Hermeticism
· Heliocentric – religious uncertainty
· Geocentric – God on other side of universe. Proved wrong leading to Heliocentric^
· Paracelsus: microcosm and macrocosm
· Spinoza – emotion
· Reason