LOS AMIGOS HIGH SCHOOL
AP EUROPEAN HISTORY
Unit
XV: THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION (1543-1700)
The Scientific Revolution (454-459)
Aristotelian
physics
LITERATURE
(* Not in Flash-Cards)
On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
by Nicolaus Copernicus
*On the Motion of Mars by Johannes Kepler
*Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the
World by Galileo Galilei
The Mathematical Principles of Natural
Philosophy (Principia Mathematica) by Issac Newton
GUIDED READING QUESTIONS:
- Describe the Ptolemaic system of
the universe. What assumptions had
to be accepted in order
for the Ptolemaic system to be an effective model of the
universe?
- What made the Copernican heliocentric system appealing?
- How did the Tycho BraheÕs system
differ from the Copernican system?
What was the major
contribution of Brahe's work?
- What evidence did Kepler use to
come to his conclusion of elliptical orbits?
-Why was Galileo forced by the Catholic Church to recant his
scientific opinions? What impact
would his
theory have on science and society?
- How did
Newton's Law
of Universal Gravitation solve many of the questions left unanswered
by the works
of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo.
- How did Newton's reconciliation of faith and science help
to bring an end to the religious
disputes of the Age of Religious Wars?
PEOPLE:
Nicolaus
Copernicus Tycho
Brahe Johannes Kepler
IMAGES:
The Inquisition
Trial of Galileo Galilei
Literature and Philosophy in the Wake of Changing Science (384-386 & 459-466)
LITERATURE
*Paradise Lost by John Milton
Areopagitica by
John Milton
Novum Organum by
Francis Bacon
Discourse on Method by Renˇ Descartes
*Pensˇes by Blaise Pascal
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
Essay Concerning Human Understanding by
John Locke
Two Treatises of Government by John
Locke
GUIDED READING QUESTIONS:
- Francis Bacon is traditionally regarded as the father of
empiricism and of experimentation in
science. Why?
- In what ways did Bacon change societies perception of
science?
- What was the most important scientific contribution of
Descartes? Describe his logic.
- How were Thomas Hobbes' theories used to justify the
overthrow of England's King Charles I?
- Describe Locke's theories on the human mind and how the
individual acquires knowledge and
morality.
- Describe Locke's use of reason to defend the natural
rights of the people.
- In what ways were the theories of Hobbes and Locke similar
and dissimilar?
PEOPLE:
John Milton John Bunyan Francis Bacon
