Eratosthenes
The kind of numbers his sieve makes it easy to find.
What are prime numbers?
What he meant when saying, "If you give me a place to stand, I will move the earth."
What is it showed his confidence in man's ability to use math models of nature to solve big problems.
Two of his most famous books.
What are Confessions and City of God?
Was a Dominican and studied at the University of Paris.
Who was Albert the Great?
This happened when his wealthy mom heard he was part of a Mendicant religious order.
Bonus: What is a Mendicant order? (100 points)
The four world-changing items during this century.
What are humanism (a worldview), the printing press, travel, and the Christian reformation?
Three of the things he used for his big experiment.
What are a gnomon/shadow, a person walking, math?
The way his Death Ray worked.
What is a whole bunch of mirrors would all be placed together such that they would reflect the sun in a concentrated way that could set things on fire and blind the enemy?
His view of Christians studying nature.
What is that it's good but not necessary for salvation?
A Franciscan who studied at the University of Paris.
Who was Roger Bacon?
The religious order he was a part of.
What are the Dominicans?
Humanism
What is the view that all answers and solutions could come from people; no supernatural being needed?
One meaning for his nickname, "Beta."
What is that he was so smart only Aristotle ("Alpha") was smarter?
or
What is that he would never be as smart as Aristotle?
What is by grabbing enemy ships, such that holes would be ripped in them, then smashing them on rocks?
What he called the study of nature in relation to the study of theology.
What is a handmaiden?
Taught Thomas Aquinas.
Who are Albert the Great AND Roger Bacon?
"This ox will one day fill the world with his bellowing."
What is that even though he was a quiet person, the impact that he would have would be great?
Printing Press
What is the invention that made books cheaper, more widespread which made it easier to share ideas around the world?
The goal of his experiment.
What is to calculate the circumference of the Earth?
The unique thing about his screw.
What is it could move water uphill?
What he thought scientific inquiry could be for a Christian.
What is a devotional activity?
This order was focused on preaching and teaching and is associated with Aristotle's focus on the natural world, the here and now.
Who are the Dominicans?
He was convicted that these two things were compatible.
What are the study of nature and the Holy Scriptures?
Travel
What is there were advancements in naval transportation that allowed for greater exploration, trade and sharing of ideas?
The reason his experiment is important in the history of science.
What is it demonstrated that nature was KNOWABLE by man through his senses and his reason acting together?
The definition of engineering.
What is "to apply knowledge of mathematics and geometrical figures to solve everyday (and big!) problems?"
He thought Christians needed to study pagan thought for these two reasons.
What are to understand their writings and to better practice math?
This order was focused on inward Christian piety and is associated with Plato and his focus on the unseen realities of the world, the world to come.
Who are the Franciscans?
Due to Aquinas' influence, Christians could now consider these within a Christian context.
What are the great questions of the pre-Socratics?
Reformation
What is Luther's challenge of the church to return to biblical orthodoxy in their views, worship and work that resulted in his excommunication from the Roman Catholic church and the beginning of what is called Protestantism?