Scientific
Revolution and
Enlightenment
Key People and Inventions
Who:
The actual inventor is not known.
Numerous people laid claim to it, but the
Dutch inventor - Hans Lippershey is given
credit for the invention.
Where: Netherlands (Dutch) 1608
What does it do:
Makes objects that are far away appear
closer
Telescope
Who:
Dutch glasses makers - Zacharias
Jansen and his father Hans
Where: Netherlands 1595
What does it do:
Makes small objects larger. The early
simple “microscopes” were basically
magnifying glasses
Microscope
Who:
Santorio Santorio (1612)
Where: Italy
What does it do:
measures temperature
Thermometer
Who:
Evangelista Torricelli
Where: Italy - 1643
What does it do:
used in meteorology to measure
atmospheric pressure
Barometer
Sir Francis Bacon
Scientific Theory:
● “The Scientific Method”
Accomplishments:
● a legendary English
philosopher, scientist,
lawyer, author,
statesman, jurist and
father of the scientific
method
Nicolaus Copernicus
Scientific Theory:
heliocentric solar system
Accomplishments:
the sun, rather than the
earth, is the center of the
solar system.
Rene Descartes
Scientific Theory:
●
“Father of Modern Philosophy”
Accomplishments:
● supporter of wave
theory of light
● analytical geometry
Galileo Galilei
Scientific Theory:
●
“Father of Modern Science
Accomplishments:
● Physicist,
mathematician, and
astronomer
Johannes Kepler
Scientific Theory:
● “Kepler’s Laws of Planetary
Motion”
Accomplishments:
● Physicist, mathematician,
and astronomer
● supported Copernican ideas
● planets travel different
speeds and in ellipses
Sir Isaac Newton
Scientific Theory:
●
Three Laws of Motion
Accomplishments:
● calculus, light spectrum,
gravity
John Locke
Enlightenment Theories:
● Father of Classical Liberalism
Accomplishments:
● Some of the Locke’s most
noted works are “An Essay
Concerning Human
Understanding”, “Two
Treatises of Government”, and
“A Letter Concerning
Toleration”.
Charles Montesquieu
Enlightenment Theories:
● Separation of Powers -the
idea of 3 branches of
government
Accomplishments:
● wrote Spirit of the Laws
and Federalist 91
Montesquieu
and Locke