People
Italian Scientist (1564 to 1642) Formulated laws of motion and inertia and discovered the first four moons of Jupiter.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
1543 manuscript containing the Heliocentric Theory
What is ‘On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres’ by Nicolaus Copernicus?
Discovery by Kepler, disproved the Ancient Greek beliefs.
What are elliptical orbits? (1605-1609)
Theory that the sun is the center of the universe
What is the Copernican Hypothesis/Heliocentric Theory?
These helped create an international scientific community and were sponsored by governments and monarchs.
What are scientific societies? (i.e. Royal Society in England founded in 1660)
English Scientist (1642-1727) Created a synthesis of mathematics, physics and astronomy.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
1543 manuscript with extremely detailed diagrams of human anatomy
What is ‘On the Structure of the Human Body’ by Andreas Vesalius?
Invented by a Dutch father-son team named Hans and Zacharias Janssen in the late 16th C, made more efficient by Galileo.
What is the compound microscope?
Bacon method that advocates direct observation w/o preconceived notions
What is Empiricism?
This scientist served as a court mathematician to the royal family. He casted horoscopes for the family, which led to him guiding his own life by astrological principles.
Who is Johnnes Kepler?
Polish Clergyman and Astronomer (1473-1543) Challenged the Geocentric Theory.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
1687 synthesis containing the Law of Universal Gravitation
What is ‘Principia Mathematica’ by Isaac Newton?
Studied by Aristotle and the Ancient Chinese, helped navigators find their way.
What is magnetism? (1600)
Law stating that motion is the natural state of an object
What is Galileo's Law of Inertia?
Religions that originated from this branch of the Bible had trouble accepting the Copernican theory
What is the Old Testament? (Catholic, Protestant, Jews, Muslims)
French Philosopher (1596-1650) Advocated the deductive method. Started with a self-evident axiom known to be true and used logical reasoning to deduce inferences.
Who is René Descartes?
1735, presented new method of taxonomy
What is ‘Systema Nature’ by Carolus Linnaeus?
Predicted by Edmund Hally who used Newton's three laws of motion.
What are the orbits of comets?
All of reality can be reduced to mind and matter
What is Cartesian Duality?
Areas of science that benefitted thanks to European exploration
What are botany, zoology, metallurgy, and cartography?
English Thinker and Empiricist (1561-1626) Promoted the inductive/experimental method.
Who is Sir Francis Bacon?
Used mathematics to describe planetary motion. Named after an emperor, and the man the author received their data from
What is ‘Rudolphine Tales’ by Johannes Kepler?
Invented in 1643 by Evangelista Torricelli, who was mentored by Galileo.
What is the barometer? (a device to measure air pressure)
Theory that the pressure of gas varies inversely with volume
What is Boyle's Law?
Event participated in by Descartes that led to his beliefs on reasoning
What is the Thirty Years’ War?