Scientific Revolution padlet by Cristian Copeland

Nicolaus copernicus

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:06:52 UTC

He developed the Heliocentric Theory. He argued that the Earth was a planet that revolved around the Sun. Copernicus's model of the solar system is known as the heliocentric system.

Johannes Kepler

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:12:29 UTC

In the 1500's located in Germany, Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets travel in stretched-out circles called ellipses.

Galileo Galilei

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:16:44 UTC

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei showed that the sun was not a perfect sphere, as Aristotle had written. He used a telescope to support Copernicus's theory that Earth was a planet orbiting the sun.

William Harvey

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:20:01 UTC

He published a study that showed how blood circulates through the body and explained how the valves of the heart function.

Sir Isaac Newton

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:24:42 UTC

Issac Newton proposed that there was a force, gravity, that attracted all objects to one another. He also discovered laws of motion that work on Earth and among stars. Laws of motion solved a wide range of problems in science and engineering.

Francis Bacon

cristianc8 — 2025-09-25 18:27:35 UTC

popularizing the scientific method, emphasizing experimentation and observation as the path to knowledge over reliance on tradition or pure logic.