Influential Scientists
Who influenced the development of the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
Was was an Alchemist?
They were people who practiced experimentation turning a substance into something else
What were scientists called up till the 1800s?
Natural philosophers
Where did Roman Numerals originate?
In ancient Rome
Why couldn't Galen dissect human corpses?
Roman Law forbid it.
What was Ptolemy's Theory about the Earth and Sun?
What substance did Henning Brand try to make gold out of?
Human Urine
How many steps does the Scientific Method have?
7 steps
Where and when did the Arabic Numeral system come from? (1, 2, 3)
India around 700 CE
What did Andres Vesalius do?
Created detailed depictions of the human body
What was one thing Galileo Galilei observed?
The rotation of the planets around the sun
What does 1,500 gallons of Urine turn into
Phosphorus
In the Middle Ages, what would someone do if they were sick and the doctor thought something was wrong?
They would cut the person and drain out some blood.
Who is Isaac Newton and what did her accomplish?
He was a mathematician, astronomer and physicist. He came up with the Laws of Motion.
What was Galileo Galilei known for making?
The Telescope
Which scientist did Galileo agree with about the solar system?
Copernicus
What are the six elements that Alchemists originally believed there were?
Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Sulphur and Mercury
What is the Scientific Method?
A step-by-step process where you ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments
What new form of math did Isaac Newton come up with?
Calculus
Why was Galileo punished by the Church
He went against what they believed by saying the Sun was in the center of the universe. The Church believed the earth was the center.
Who developed the printing press with movable type?
What were the four humors?
Black Bile, Yellow Bile, Phlegm and blood.
AGH!
Which philosophers influenced the development of the scientific method?
Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon
What did the Islamic scholars preserve and study that would help the Scientific Revolution?
Greek and Roman Texts
Which system places things into six categories (God, angelic, beings, humanity, animals, plants and minerals)?
The Scala Naturae