Knowledge obtained by study or practice and accumulation of observable facts concerning the natural and physical world
What is science
100
Robert Grosseteste
Who is the father of the scientific method?
100
Came up with he heliocentric or copernican system
Who is Nicolas Copernicus?
100
Galileo had to deny his knowledge on this subject or be punished by the church.
What is the heliocentric theory?
100
Planets travel around the sun
What is the heliocentric system?
200
a primitive form of paper made from a long leafed plant of the same name
What is papyrus
200
Known for their study about atoms and example of sand
Who were Leucippus and/or Democritus?
200
One of first know scientist/doctors 2650 BC. People traveled all over middle east to have him cure them>
Who was Imhotep?
200
Ancient Egyptians were not really considered scientists.
What is "dumb science"--not knowing why something works
200
Planets and sun travel around the earth
What is geocentric system?
300
The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances
What is spontaneous generation
300
Defined the three laws of motion
Who is Newton?
300
Published detailed book of the human body
Who is Andreas Vesalisus?
300
Although most of his ideas were wrong this scientist did come up with an idea that revolutionized the study of living creatures
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
The Roman Catholic church thought the natural world should be explained so this helped end a certain time in history
What is the end of the dark ages?
400
Transforming one substance into another
What is alchemy?
400
Had the explanation for the Raibow
Who is Dietrich VonFreiberg?
400
People thought that science had run its course with the new laws of motion but this scientist proposed that there was matter in tiny packets called quanta that opened up a whole new area of science looking into energy and matter called quantum mechanics.
Who is Max Planck?
400
The Romans weren't interested in Science but just on inventions so the age started.
What is the beginning of the Dark Ages
500
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the first law of thermodynamics. Joules' law.
500
Founder of modern atomic thoery
Who is John Dalton?
500
Devoloped classification for all living organisms
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
500
Scientists whose theories were wrong, but helped advance science.( must state their wrong theories)
Who are Ptolemy (geocentric theory), Aristotle (spontaneous generation)
500
The time period where science is no longer considering the authority of the Bible and God is not at the center of science.