Revolutions & Theory
The theory that the sun is near the center of the universe and the earth rotates around the sun.
Danish astronomer who discovered the supernova.
What is . . . Tycho Brahe?
Galileo's experiment disproved that heavier bodies fell faster than lighter ones.
What is . . . Law of Falling Bodies?
A concept of God during the Scientific Revolution; the role of divinity was limited to setting natural laws in motion.
What is . . . Deism?
"I think, therefore I am", a philosophical statement used by Descartes.
What is . . . Cogito Ergo Sum?
The theory that earth is the center of the universe, and the sun, moon, and planets revolve around the earth.
English scientists who developed the universal laws of gravity and motion.
What is . . . Issac Newton?
Galileo proved light traveled faster than sound.
A system of government/economics where only decisions and values that have the "greatest good" in mind should be pursued.
What is . . . Utilitarianism?
The law that says a body in motion continues in motion unless acted on by an external force.
What is . . . Inertia?
The 3 central ideas of the enlightenment.
What is . . . Reason, the scientific method, and progress?
Italian astronomer and mathematician who built his own telescope, supported Copernicus's heliocentric theory, and stood trial for heresy.
What is . . . Galileo?
Describes how temperature, volume, and pressure affect gases.
What is . . . Boyle's Law?
An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit.
What is . . . Capitalism?
A concentric sphere within a sphere which was the path that planets would orbit on.
What is . . . Epicycle?
A new age of reason in which people discussed how governments and social institutions could be based upon rational understanding?
What is . . . The Enlightenment?
Believed in religious tolerance and freedom of speech.
What is . . . Voltaire?
The story of the apple falling on Newton's head inspired this law.
What is . . . The Law of Gravity?
18th-century French thinkers believe all economic production depended on sound agriculture.
What is . . .Physiocrats?
An informal meeting place where ideas were exchanged.
What is . . . Salon?
The posing and testing of theories about the natural world began in the mid-1500s in Europe.
What is . . . The Scientific Revolution?
Proposed the heliocentric theory.
What is . . . Nicolaus Copernicus?
Rules about how the universe moves, published by Isaac Newton.
What is . . . The Three Laws of Motion?
European rulers embraced many of the philosophes' reforms, the monarchical government dedicated to the rational strengthening of central absolutist administration at cost of lesser political power centers.
What is . . . Enlightened Absolutism?
The four "key" inventions of the Scientific Revolution.
What is . . . the microscope, barometer, thermometer, and the telescope?