The Scientific Revolution was a period of time during the 1500's when scientists tested theories made by the Bible and other scientists before them. Before the 1500's people believed scientists like Aristotle or Greek scientists. They also believed the Bible for questions they could not answer. During the 1500's, scientists like Galileo started proving other scientists like Aristotle wrong in some theories. These new scientists then staring experimenting and proving others wrong. They went on to go by the Scientific Method. This included such steps as: 1. Observe 2. Hypothesis 3. Predict 4. Results 5. Conclusion.
Some examples of the Scientific Revolution include when Galileo went on to prove Aristotle's theory wrong. Aristotle theory was that heavier objects fell faster than lighter objects. For more than a thousand years people believed him. Then came Galileo and tested that theory by going on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, dropped to stones of different weights and confirmed that objects of different weights fall at the same speed. Another scientist who used the Scientific Method was Isaac Newton. Newton went on to prove Aristotle wrong by explaining the laws of gravity. Aristotle said that there was one set of physical laws governing Earth and another set governing the rest of the universe. Newton proved him wrong by proving that there was one set of physical laws for the whole universe and heaven.
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