I Am the Center of the Universe (or not)
Drop It Like Its Hot
Big Brains, Bigger Ideas
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
100
This philosopher formally developed and standardized geocentric theory into a mathematical model.
Who is Ptolemy?
100
Aristotle believed that an object's very essence (earth, air, fire, or water) is what caused it to do this.
Fall
100
This early Greek philosopher believed that the reason there was both change and order in the world was because everything is made of water.
Who is Thales?
100
Around 600 BC, in ancient Greece, Western philosophy began with this problem.
What is the Problem of Change?
200
This philosopher created a complete, working mathematical model of the solar system with the Sun at the center.
Who is Copernicus?
200
'Free fall' simply means that the falling object is free from any force acting on it, other than this.
What is gravity?
200
This philosopher was the first person to view the world as fundamentally mathematical. He also was the first to find that musical intervals could be represented by whole numbers.
Who is Pythagoras?
200
The ancient Greeks used this word to describe any kind of change whatsoever.
What is motion?
300
"For Plato, the ultimate goal for humans is to become mathematical-to become like reason itself- by studying these arts." These arts included the quadrivium - arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music." The others are known as the trivium and include these arts.
What are grammar, logic (dialectic), and rhetoric.
300
Aristotle created this equation which states the following:
w1/w2 = Δh1/Δt1 * Δt2/Δh2
What is Aristotle's law of free fall?
300
This philosopher believed that all of reality was divided into a physical and nonphysical realm. The nonphysical realm is made up of Ideas or Forms.
Who is Plato?
300
This is the language of physics.
What is Calculus?
400
What we now call science was initially referred to as this until the late 1800s.
What is Natural Philosophy?
400
Galileo focused primarily on two kind of terrestrial motion: the motion of projectiles, and this.
What are falling objects?
400
This philosopher postulated that motion is impossible since an infinite number of infinitesimal distances need to be covered in an infinite amount of infinitesimal times.
Who is Zeno?
400
The capital Greek letter Delta stands for this.
What is 'change in'?
500
According to Aristotle, celestial spheres were not 'merely theoretical mathematical tools to describe the motions.' He believed they were physical and made of this.
What is ether or quintessence?
500
Galileo's updated law of free fall is as follows:
d=½at2
where 'a' stands for this.
What is the rate of acceleration?
500
This philosopher discovered mathematical principles for objects floating in water and presented his work in "On Floating Bodies." Oh, and rumor has it that he also once ran through the streets naked, shouting "Eureka!"
Who is Archimedes?
500
The very notion of speed at an instant of time seems to be incoherent (0 distance/0 time = undefined) and is given this name.
What is the Paradox of Speed?