The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

by - Your Teachers

Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Scientific Revolution

Section 1 ExplanationSection 2 CopernicusSection 3 GalileoSection 4 Newton

Chapter 2 The EnlightenmentSection 1 ExplanationSection 2 LockeSection 3 MontesquieuSection 4 Diderot

Chapter 3 Enlightened RulersSection 1 Catherine the GreatSection 2 Frederick the Great

Chapter 4 Impact of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Chapter 1 - Section 1The Scientific Revolution The definition of science is knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. The Scientific Revolution was a time when people used reason instead of superstition. During the medieval times science was limited to alchemy and astronomy. With the rise of universities, contact with non-Western societies, the Renaissance and exploration people became more educated and desired to learn more.

Section 2 CopernicusOne of the great scientist of the revolution

was Polish mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). He is one of the first to go against church doctrine and say that the universe was heliocentric and not geocentric

Section 3 Galileo

Section 4 Newton

Chapter 2 The Enlightenment