Nicholaus Copernicus
Nicholaus Copernicus worked as an astronomer, making many discoveries about the solar system. What other jobs did Nicholaus Copernicus have?
What are a mathematician, writer, and Catholic canon?
Before becoming an astronomer, Galileo had plans in becoming this
What is a teacher?
This event gave Newton the idea for his discoveries in gravity.
What is an apple falling on his head
Francis Bacon invented a way of thinking that involves making hypotheses, making predictions, and then carrying out experiments and observations based on those predictions, or what is also known as this.
What is the Scientific Method
Charles-Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu was born on January 18, 1689, in this country.
What is France
With the help of his uncle who was a powerful member of the church, Copernicus was able to attend the University of Cracow from 1491 to 1496 in which country?
What is Poland
This country, also being his birthplace, would serve as the grounds for Galileo's most famous accomplishments and discoveries.
What is Italy.
Which of Newton's laws of motion states that for every action in nature there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What is newton's third law.
Bacon was influenced by this famous Italian author and his writing on what men do and don't do and what they ought to do.
Who is Machiavelli
Five years after moving to Paris, Montesquieu's father died prompting him to return to Bordeaux to manage the family's estates. Upon his return, he soon married this woman, the daughter of a wealthy local Protestant
Who is Jeanne de Lartigue
The opposite of geocentric, which astronomical term, proposed by Copernicus, refers to the idea that the planets, including earth, rotate around the sun?
What is Heliocentric
This literary work published by Galileo in 1612 taught of the phases of Venus which in turn was an important piece of proof that the Copernican theory was true.
What is the Discourse on Bodies in Water
Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in Lincolnshire hamlet of Woolsthorpeon on Christmas day in what country?
Where is England.
Sir Francis Bacon, later to be known as Lord Verulam, was born on January 22, 1561, in york house in this country.
What is England.
Montesquieu was the prime source for this theory which split the government into different branches. The purpose of which was to ensure that no single group or individual can control all the levers of power and, thereby, rule despotically.
What is the Separation of powers
which two philosophers later corrected Copernicus's theory of the heliocentric solar system by changing the orbits of the planets from a circular orbit to an elliptical one?
Who is Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler
Galileos astonishing discoveries of the moon, Jupiter, and about an incredibly large number of stars were published in this booklet which changed the views of astronomers and the world of science forever.
What is Sidereus nuncius (The Starry Messenger)
One of Isaac Newton's most famous inventions, this item was influential in helping to change astronomy and our understanding of the universe.
What is the reflector telescope
Bacon achieved this position in 1618, also the highest appointive post in the kingdom at the time.
What is lord Chancellor
This book of Letter, written by Montesquieu in 1722 and allegedly written by Persian travellers in Europe allowed Montesquieu to discuss France's obsession with social class and its religious superstition among other things.
What is The Persian Letters
Which two Greek philosophers did Nicolaus Copernicus pull inspiration for his idea of a heliocentric solar system from?
Who are Aristarchus and Ptolemy
Thirteen years after the initial investigation had begun, and 359 years after Galileo was tried by the Inquisition in Rome, the Roman Catholic church officially issued a formal apology in this year, acknowledging that Galileo had been right.
When is 1992?
As part of his investigations in physics in geometry, this branch of mathematics created by Newton helps us understand changes between values that are related by a function.
What is Calculus
Bacon is attributed with the creation of this famous three-word quote, later to also be said by Thomas Jefferson on more than one occasion.
What is Knowledge is Power.
This literary work by Montesquieu totalled over 1,100 printed paged and demonstrated a thorough comprehension of all the political philosophies that had been written at the time throughout Europe.
What is The Spirit of Laws