The Scientific Revolution

hello this video covers a list of topics you should know for the scientific revolution first i will go over the causes of the scientific revolution next i will go over the life of nicolas copernicus then johannes kepler then galileo galilei and finally isaac newton topic number one are the causes of the scientific revolution well one of the main causes of the scientific revolution was the renaissance why because the renaissance had many thinkers who began to question the conclusions of earlier greek philosophers and other people second the age of exploration helped to create growth in science there were new instruments discovered and people began questioning traditionally held beliefs because a continent was discovered between europe and asia that no one had known about so this caused people to question things [Music] the next topic for the scientific revolution is copernicus nicholas copernicus was a polish astronomer for nearly 2000 years most people considered the earth the center of the universe this was a theory proposed probably by ptolemy and this was called the geocentric theory where the sun and the stars and planets and everything believed to be in the universe traveled around a motionless earth but in the early 1500s copernicus said that this wasn't the case he used observations in mathematics to propose a very different idea of the universe so his theory was called the heliocentric theory and this is where the earth and other planets travel in orbits around the sun the next topic in the scientific revolution is johannes kepler kepler was a german scientist who expanded copernicus's theory about the heliocentric universe he wrote precise mathematical laws describing the planet's movements around the sun johannes kepler is also known for the three laws of planetary motion these laws include the following planets move in orbits shaped like an ellipse not in a circle a line between a planet and the sun covers equal areas in equal times and third how long a planet takes to go around the sun is related to the radius of the planet's orbit johannes kepler and his laws were a great influence on isaac newton [Music] the next topic of the scientific revolution is galileo galilei in 1609 galileo heard about the invention called the telescope from the netherlands remember a telescope uses glass lenses to make distance objects look much closer this was first used on ships for navigation galileo later decided to build his own telescope so he learned how to grind his own glass to make the lenses from his observations he saw that the moon's surface was rough and he also discovered that there were four moons that revolved around jupiter obviously there's many more but that's what he could see at the time with this telescope galileo could also see that venus passed through phases just like the moon [Music] the next topic in the scientific revolution is sir isaac newton newton was a scientist and mathematician whose greatest discovery was the law of gravity newton at some point in his life saw an apple fall from a tree and it hit the ground and you realize that when objects fall they fall towards the center of the earth now the apple didn't fall on his head as you've probably heard in legends he wandered at the same force that pulled the apple to the ground was also tugging on the moon and other celestial objects this single force explained a falling apple on earth but it also explained the movements of henley bodies in the sky newton called this force the force of gravity and in 1687 newton published a book known as principia or principles and that covers some of the basic facts about the scientific revolution if you like this video i have other history videos you might want to check out

Channel: Peppy Productions: History Content

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Keywords: Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Middle School History, Space History, The. Scientific Revolution, History of Telescopes, Famous Astronomers, Famous Scientists, Age of Exploration, The Renaissance, Causes of the Scientific Revolution, California State Standards, TCI, Test Review, Law of Gravity, Laws of Planetary Motion Explained, The Scientific Method, Ptolemy, Moons of Jupiter, Venus, Phases, Heliocentric, Geocentric, Flat Earth Disproved

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Length: 4min 28sec (268 seconds)

Published: Mon May 09 2022