GENERAL SCIENCE, MOD 1
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- Developed the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity
- Einstein
- Remembered for his theory of the atom
- Niels Bohr
- Made the assumption that energy comes in small packets called "quanta"
- Max Planck
- Came up with The First Law of Thermodynamics
- James Joule
- Known as the founder of modern physics
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Remembered for his work on how traits are passed on during reproduction
- Gregor Mendel
- The immutability of species refers to the mistaken idea that living creatures cannot change. He showed that this is just not true.
- Darwin
- Is best known for his book, Origin of Species. You could also say evolution.
- Darwin
- Is remembered for the first detailed atomic theory.
- Dalton
- Came up with the law of mass conservation.
- Lavoisier
- The single greatest scientist of all time. He laid down the laws of motion, developed a universal law of gravity, and invented calculus.
- Newton
- Claimed to invent the telescope, but he actually stole the idea.
- Galileo
- Was forced to recant belief in the Copernican system by the Roman Catholic church. He would have otherwise been thrown out of the church.
- Galileo
- A book was written by this man. It was about the arrangement of the stars and planets in space.
- Copernicus
- This book was written about the human body. The author was ___
- Vesalius
- He was the first modern scientist because he was first to use the scientific method.
- Grosseteste
- Why did science begin to progress towards the end of the Dark Ages.
- Because the Christian worldview began to replace the Roman worldview.
- Define Science
- Science - A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world
- Define Papyrus
- Papyrus - A primitive form of paper, made from a long-leafed plant of the same name
- Define Spontaneous generation
- Spontaneous generation - The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances
- One of the first three individuals who were humanity's first real scientists.
- The three individuals were Thales, Anaximander (an axe' uh man der), and Anaximenes (an axe' uh me nees).
- He proposed the geocentric system
- Ptolemy
- What system proposes the sun as the center of the universe?
- Heliocentric
- What system proposes the earth as the center of the universe?
- Geocentric System
- He proposed the heliocentric system
- Copernicus
- What lesson from history can we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages?
- The progress of science depends on government and culture.
- What caused scientific progress to move forward again towards the end of the Dark Ages?
- A Christian Worldview
- What lesson from history can we learn from the fact that the idea of spontaneous generation was believed for so long, despite the evidence against it?
- We should believe scientific ideas because of evidence, not because of the people who believe in them.