The First Scientists
Who was the ancient Greek philosopher who started to classify animals and plants
Aristotle
What were most people interested during the Middle Ages?
Religious ideas
When did the Europeans began to think differently about Science?
1500s
Who was Isaac Newton?
An English mathematician
What country became one of the most important centers of European scientific thought?
France
Ptolemy
Ancient classical writings (Greek-Roman)
What two things changed the European thought and led to the Scientific Revolution?
The use of Math and experiments.
What object inspired Newton's idea of gravity
Apple
How did ancient philosophers base their conclusions?
By using "common sense"
Who were the principal preservers of Greek and Roman science during the Middle Ages?
Jews and Arabs
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
A Polish astronomer.
What is the name of Rome's most respected authority in medicine before the Scientific Revolution?
Galen
Name of Ptolemy's universe model.
Geocentrism
Arab and Jewish scientists made great advances in which areas of science?
Medicine, astronomy and mathematics
Copernicus proved the Ptolemy's Geocentric model was wrong. What celestial body replaced Earth? What is the name of Copernicus model?
The Sun, Geocentric
This scientist revolutionized medicine in the 1500's.
Andreas Vesalius
What book did the French thinker René Descartes write?
Discourse on Method
What is a theory?
An explanation of how or why things happens.
When did the European thinkers started to have more contact with Islamic people and scientists?
1100's
They are eliptical
What is the name of one of Newton's most important book?
Principia
What was the source of scientific truth according to Descartes?
Mathematics