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Scientific Revolution (Astronomical clock (The Strasbourg Clock was my…
Scientific Revolution
- Near the end of the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution began. This was a time of great strides in science and mathematics.
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- Copernicus was an astronomer who lived in the early 1500s. He came up with the idea that the Sun was the center of the universe. This was very different from the current belief that the Earth was the center.
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- Scientists like Francis Bacon, Galileo, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton made discoveries that would change the world.
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- Italian scientist and scholar Galileo made pioneering observations that laid the foundation for modern physics and astronomy. His research into the pendulum help to develop the modern clock.
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- An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major planets.
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GALILEO - Galileo was an Italian physicist, Mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
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Issac Newton
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began developing his influential theories on light, calculus and celestial mechanics while on break from Cambridge University.
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Francis Bacon
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English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.
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Astronomical clock
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keeps track of years, sunrises /sunsets, months,days,years,hours,minutes
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Hypothesis- a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
scientific method- a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.