USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -2 Francis Bacon, Galileo, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on 1. the experiences of past civilizations 2. experimentation and observation 3. emotions and feelings 4.

Detailed explanation-2: -Galileo determined the laws of gravity and explored the laws of motion on earth. Newton first conclusively affirmed the laws of motion and linked them with Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. Before Newton, no one had demonstrated conclusively that the movements of heavenly bodies were related to terrestrial physics.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the scientific method, and why did Francis Bacon develop and promote it? It’s used for collecting and analyzing data. Francis Bacon thought the scientific method would lead to practical discoveries that would help people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bacon has been called the father of empiricism, which is the idea that knowledge comes from the senses. Francis Bacon’s theory was that scientific knowledge must come from the careful observation of nature filtered through inductive reasoning.

Detailed explanation-5: -Francis Bacon was the first to formalize the concept of a true scientific method, but he didn’t do so in a vacuum. The work of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) influenced Bacon tremendously.