Vocabulary
A particular way of gaining knowledge about the world
Science
An English philosopher who argued that science should be pursued in a systematic fashion
Francis Bacon
The series of events that occurred between 1540 and 1700 that led to the birth of modern science
Scientific Revolution
Name the model of the universe that Nicolaus Copernicus believed in.
Heliocentric model
Name the type of government that developed using ideas from the Scientific Revolution.
democratic government
Person who looks at the world in a reasonable and logical way
rationalists
a precursor to chemistry, experimenting with natural substances
alchemy
English scientist who wrote Principia Mathematica and identified 4 laws that explain how the physical world works.
Sir Isaac Newton
Name two causes of the Scientific Revolution.
1. Greek thinkers
2. preservation of ancient ideas by scholars from other countries
3. humanism
4. alchemy
Name two greek rationalists that European scholars studied during the Renaissance.
Aristotle and Ptolemy
Name the astronomer said "And yet it does move."
Galileo
Why did Galileo publicly reject his own findings?
he was threatened with torture and death
The study of objects in motion
mechanics
Tried to unite Aristotle's ideas with Christian ideas
Thomas Aquinas
explanations scientists develop based on facts
theories
This astronomer charted the positions of more than 750 stars.
Tycho Brahe
Name the two related conflicts between science and the Church.
1. New scientific ideas contradicted church teachings.
2. This weakened the Church.
Name 3 important scientific instruments created during the Scientific Revolution.
microscope, thermometer, telescope, barometer
a solution that the scientist proposes to solve the problem
hypothesis
Italian scientist, invented the barometer
Evangelista Torricelli
ancient astronomer and geographer, created the best maps of his time
Ptolemy
Name 3 of Kepler's discoveries.
Planets orbit the sun in an elliptical.
Planets move faster when they are closer to the sun.
The human eye sees images reversed like a camera.
Name the person who said, "I think, therefore, I am."
Rene Descartes
Name the model of the universe that Ptolemy believed in.
Geocentric
A church or court that investigated people who questioned Church authority
The Inquisition
A physician who conducted experiments to learn how the human circulatory system worked
William Harvey
Name a way in which Muslim scholars contributed to the Scientific Revolution.
Translated Greek writings to Arabic which was then translated to Latin and read throughout Europe.
Name the dutch scientist who first used the microscope as a scientific instrument.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Name the steps in the scientific method.
state the problem, gather information, form a hypothesis, perform experiment, record and analyze data, draw conclusions
Wrote letters to the Pope explaining the importance of understanding the natural world.
Roger Bacon