Scientific
Revolution
Review of People and Ideas
Scientific Revolution

Period in the 1600s in which people
began to question old ideas.
Who discovered cells in
living matter using a simple
microscope?
Anton Leeuwenhoek
 Who
developed the Universal Law of
Gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton helped
develop this branch of
mathematics.
Calculus
Who developed the scientific
method, stressing experimentation
and observation?
Francis Bacon
Who stressed human
reasoning as the best way to
gain understanding and said,
“I think, therefore I am?”
What scientists investigated the
relation between Earth and the
other planets?
Nicholas Copernicus, Johannes
Kepler & Galileo Galilei
Scientists who was the first to
argue that the sun, not the
earth was the center of the
universe (heliocentric or suncentered model of the
universe).
Nicolas Copernicus
Astronomer who showed
that the planets move
around the sun in oval orbits.
Johannes Kepler
Scientist who was tried and
convicted of heresy by the
Inquisition.
Galileo
Court established by Catholic
Church to try heretics.
Inquisition
Greek philosopher whose ideas
were rediscovered during the
Renaissance. He taught that
man emphasized the
importance of mathematics and
believed that man should look
beyond appearances to learn
nature’s truths.
Plato
Systematic process for
gathering and analyzing
evidence.
Scientific method
Scientist who published the
first accurate and detailed
study of human anatomy.
Andreas Vasalius
Physician who developed
new surgical techniques,
introduced the use of
artificial limbs and invented
new scientific instruments.
Ambiose Pare
English scholar who
described the circulation of
blood for the first time.
William Harvey
Chemistry was called this in
medieval times.
Alchemy
English chemist who opened
the way to modern
chemical analysis of the
composition of matter.
Robert Boyle