REVOLTING
The philosopher who was overturned as a result of the Scientific Revolution
Who was Aristotle?
The math book Galileo was inspired by
What is Euclid's "Elements"?
Another name for heliocentrism
What is Copernicanism?
The main achivement of the Scientific Revolution
What is the mathematization of motion?
Aristotle's theory of free-falling objects
What is the heavier the object, the faster it will fall?
The tradition returned to - or fulfilled - as a result of the Scientific Revolution
What was the Pathagorean/Platonic tradition?
Two methods Galileo used to study motion
What are the inclined plane and the pendulum?
The appeal of heliocentricity
What is it made the mathematical description of the heavens easier.
The mathematics of change
Hydrostatics
What is equilibrium in water?
The two bookends [one, a literal book] that marked the beginning and end of the Scientific Revolution
What are "On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres" and the death of Isaac Newton
Types of motion Galileo focused on
What are falling objects and projectiles?
He had a theory to fix the Roman Catholic Church's calendar.
Who is Copernicus?
The natural philosopher who was the intermediary towards the full mathematization of motion
Who was Galileo?
Who is Archimedes?
The impact of the throwing off of the Aristotlean model of the cosmos
What is the entirety of Aristotle's philosophy falling apart?
The type of speed able to be calculated by Galileo's formula for free fall
What is average speed?
The Catholic Church thought heliocentrism was just a mathematical device
What is why the Catholic church ignored Copernicus at first?
Man responsible for algebraic notation
Who is Rene Descartes?
Scholasticism
What is the combination of Aristotle's teachings and Christian doctrine?
The fourth result of the Scientific Revolution
What is the rise of mechanical philosophy?
Galileo's theory of free-falling objects
What is the longer an object falls, the faster it will fall?
The reason Kepler felt compelled to simplify Copernicus' work
What is because it was complex and relied on a system of both circles and ellipses?
The newly created science of motion used two elements
What are mathematics and experiments?
How Plato and Aristotle differed in terms of their goals re: motion
What is Plato simply wanted to describe motion, while Aristotle wanted to understand the cause of motion?