Scientific Revolution

2. His discoveries frightened the Catholic and Protestant Churches (they promoted the geocentric theory); worried that people would start to question other Church teachings
4. Disproved many of Galen’s hypotheses (worked with apes and dogs in the 2nd century) Ex: the liver digested food and processed it into blood
7. Developed the heliocentric system (the Sun is at the center of the universe, with all the planets and stars revolving around it in circular orbits
8. Developed precise thermometers filled with mercury to measure temperature
10. Developed analytic geometry; algebraic procedures are applied to geometry

1. Mathematically proved the heliocentric theory (the Sun is at the center of the universe, with all the planets and stars revolving around it)
3. Established observatories to chart the movements of the stars and planets. (no telescope… only the naked eye)
5. Helped develop the scientific method (1. Observe 2. Hypothesis 3. Experiment 4. Analyze data to prove or disprove the hypothesis)
6. Dissecting human bodies was illegal; studying animals was the accepted method of learning about the human body
9. Developed the Law of Universal Gravitation; all physical objects are affected equally by the same forces, in space and on earth