Scientific Revolution Padlet by Owen Yurkovich

Nicholaus Copernicus

oweny — 2025-09-25 14:12:47 UTC

He was a Astronomer that devopled the Heliocentric theory. The Heliocentric Theory is when the Earth revolves around the sun. He waited to publish his findings until he died so he would not be punished.

Johannes Kepler

ethanw2_3 — 2025-09-25 14:15:39 UTC

He had a theory about the planets and stars in stretched out circles called ellipses. One of his most famous quotes are "Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife". He was not bothered by the church.

Galileo Galilei

oweny — 2025-09-25 14:20:22 UTC

He used the telescope to support Copernicus's theory that the Earth was a planets revolving around the sun. He published his book called Starry Messenger. He was tried with heresy and confessed to his mistake and was put under house arrest for the rest of his life.

William Harvey

ethanw2_3 — 2025-09-25 14:23:07 UTC

He wrote a book and explained how blood moves through blood vessels. Because he was in England and not part of the catholic church the catholic church did not bother him. He also studied the heart.

Isaac Newton

oweny — 2025-09-25 14:29:16 UTC

Proposed there was a force, gravity. Gravity attracted all objects to one another. He came up with the Laws of Motion and Laws of Mathematics-Calculus. The Three Laws of Motion are Law of Inertia, Every action has a equal and opposite reaction, and the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting upon it.

Frances bacon

ethanw2_3 — 2025-09-25 14:29:30 UTC

He was known for coming up with the scientific method. the scientific method is a logical way of figuring out how things work. He laid the groundwork for science.