Enlightenment Thinkers
He was known as the "Father of Chemistry" and also the founder of the modern chemistry.
Robert Boyle
Who created Calculus?
Isaac Newton
Who supported and provided evidence of Copernicus's theory by using the telescope to make extensive astronomical observation?
Tycho Brahe
This new way of thinking about the natural world that was based upon careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs. (Time period).
The Scientific Revolution
Who made observations that proved Copernicus views of the universe ?
Galileo
Which of the following was not involved in the Scientific Revolution? a) Galileo Galilei b) Isaac Newton c) Leonardo da Vinci d) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Who advanced medical understanding ?
Andreas Vesalius
What is The Prediction of an idea?
Hypothesis
Used mathematics to describe gravity as the force that keeps planets revolving around the sun. He also explained that this same force is what causes objects to fall to earth.
Isaac Newton
Who was the father of the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon
Who was the astronomer that discovered the law of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
What led up to the scientific revolution?
The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
He was a mathematician and philosopher.
Rene Descartes
What is Heliocentric theory?
The theory that the sun is the center of the solar system.
A person who seeks wisdom and enlightenment in thinking in a particular area of experience.
Philosopher
Question and problem
Research
Hypothesis
Conducts an experiment
Analyze your data
The Scientific Method
He was the person that came up with theory that the sun was in the middle of the universe and the earth and other planets were orbiting it.
Copernicus
What did Kepler discovered?
Planets orbited in an elliptical shape not a circular one
Who are the most important scholars who helped develop the Scientific Method?
Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes
A place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena.
Observatory