Chapter 18 1st Homework Assignment
Read pages 595 to 602. Stop at Causes of the Scientific Revolution.
1. Make a list of the major causes of the Scientific Revolution. Why did
it occur when it did?
2. What was the old Ptolemaic conception of the universe?
3. What was the Copernican view of the universe? How did it differ
from Ptolemy's? Why was it so controversial?
4. Identify the scientific theories of Brahe and Kepler.
5. How did Kepler's views challenge the theological assumptions of the
Catholic Church?
6. With the use of a telescope constructed by himself from an earlier
Dutch model, what did Galileo observe/discover in the heavens?
7. How did Galileo undermine Aristotle's ideas about motion?
8. Why was Galileo condemned by the Inquisition in 1633? Why did he
accept the verdict of the Inquisition court?
9. What was the outcome of this condemnation for Galileo? for science
in general?
10. How did Sir Isaac Newton build upon the work of his predecessors?
Be prepared to write an essay about how the Scientific Revolution
transformed the way Europeans perceived the world around them.