Renaissance Science

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Renaissance Science

• What helped the development of science in the
  Renaissance (14th 16th centuries)?

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Renaissance Science
The invention of a movable type printing press
How books are made?
Whats the difference here?
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Gutenbergs Printing Press

• Gutenberg invented a movable type of printing
  press in 1438.
• Printers in other countries soon learned to use
  this new invention.
• Books could be printed more quickly and their
  price fell.
• People could now afford to buy books.
• Ideas and learning spread easily when more people
  read books.
• People increased their interest in science.

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Church influence declined

• In Middle Age, people accepted what the Church
  told them.
• The Great Schism reduced peoples faith to the
  Church. (mentioned before)
• In Renaissance people questioned Church beliefs
  and used scientific ways to solve problem.

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Famous Renaissance scientist

• Leonardo da Vinci
• famous in art

What is 'Universal Man'?
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da Vincis innovation
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da Vincis innovation
Can you find more?
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Renaissance Science

• Copernicus (???)(1473 - 1543)
• A Polish astronomer

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Renaissance Science

• Look at the picture. Can you tell the discovery
  of Copernicus in science?

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His achievement

• One of his achievements in science was about his
  discovery in astronomy.
• Before this discovery, the Church told the people
  that the earth was the centre of the universe.
• Yet Copernicus found out that the sun, and not
  the earth, was the centre of the
  universe.http//www.ied.edu.hk/invent/inventor/in
  ventor.html
• Was his discovery revolutionary?

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Galileo (???) (1564 - 1642)
Study the story of Galileo in textbook
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Look at the picture. Can you tell one of the
achievements of Galileo in science?
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Galileos discovery

• He discovered that things of the same shape and
  size but with different weights fell to the
  ground at the same speed.

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What is it? What importance did this invention
have? Who would find it useful?
He also made the worlds first telescope.
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Look at the picture. Can you tell another
achievement of Galileo in science?
He discovered the pendulum theory, which was
later used by people to make clocks and watches.
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Galileos sin?

• The Church believed in Aristotles theory that
  the sun moved round the Earth.
• Galileo supported Copernicus sun-centred idea.
• Galileo was persecuted by the Church for this
  because he did not accept his fault.
• He was punished for holding different ideas. Does
  this happen now?