Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 13, Lesson 4: Scientific Revolution (pp. 353-356)
I. New Visions of the Natural World
B. Protestant and Catholic leaders opposed Copernicus's theory of a sun-centered universe.
C. Vesalius revised ancient theories of human anatomy.
II. Galileo and the Church
B. The Catholic church condemned Galileo for his belief in a sun-centered universe.
III. The Scientific Method
B. Sir Isaac Newton used the scientific method to develop his theory about gravity.
C. People began to reexamine accepted theories and beliefs.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Copernicus disproved classical theories about the universe.
A. Galileo recognized the importance of careful observation in studying nature.
A. Francis Bacon stressed the importance of the scientific method: observation, formulating a hypothesis, and experimentation.
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