Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
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- The experiment is at the heart of this way of reaching the truth about the nature of our universe.
- Scientific Method
- Name the 5 steps of the Scientific Method.
- State the Problem, Gather information & Form a Hypothesis,Experiment,Observe and record data, State a Conclusion.
- The idea that the Earth was fixed in space & the Sun and planets revolved around it is called?
- Geocentric Theory
- The theory that the SUN is the center of the solar system is called?
- Heliocentric Theory
- The Polish astronomer who first stated heliocentric theory was?
- Copernicus
- Ptolemy's theory stated that what was the CENTER of the known universe?
- the Earth
- This Tycho Brahe assistant proved Copernican theory, and proved that planets move in an eliptical orbit.
- Kepler
- Galileo felt that Copernicus was right because he studied the planets, Sun & Moon with this.
- the telescope
- What major institution objected to the theories of Galileo, calling them heresy?
- the Catholic Church
- Name two things that happened to Galileo, "the father of experimental science," as a result of the Inquisition.
- he was charged with heresy and his book were banned by the Church until 1992!
- What was the first planetary object that Galileo saw with his telescope?
- the Moon
- Name the famous British "father of physics" who was born on the day Galileo died.
- Newton
- What other important scientific idea did Galileo discover and prove before he died?
- That gravity makes all objects fall at the same rate of speed.
- What was Issac Newton's most important discovery?
- gravity
- Newton's idea that we can predict the pattern for all objects in the universe is called?
- Scientific law
- What did Versalius study?
- Anatomy
- What did William Harvey discover through his research in anatomy?
- How the heart pumps-circulatory system.
- Explain how both the models for change in the Renaissance & Reformation were different from the Scientific Revolution.
- The models for the Renaissance & Reformation were the past...the Scientific Revolution the future.
- He wrote "Discourse & Method." I think therefore I am!
- Rene Descartes
- Queen Elizabeth's favorite scientist..he said "the truth isn't known until investigation."
- Francis Bacon