This "-centrism" was the dominant worldview BEFORE the Scientific Revolution.
What is geocentrism?
100
This model emerged to challenge geocentrism.
What is heliocentrism?
100
This figure merged astronomy and physics to prove that the planets moved in an elliptical pattern around the Sun.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
100
Christiaan Huygens, who was way ahead of his time, is responsible for this invention.
What is the pendulum clock?
100
When he wasn't searching for the philosopher's stone, this physicist was busy working on his ""Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy," often known simply as "Principa."
Who is Isaac Newton?
200
This heavenly body existed at the center of the geocentric model.
What is Earth?
200
Heliocentrism is the belief that this celestial body is at the center of the solar system.
What is the Sun?
200
This figure mentored Johannes Kepler, cataloged hundreds of stars, was kidnapped as a small child, lost part of his nose in a sword fight, and owned a pet moose.
Who is Tycho Brahe?
200
William Harvey discovered this feature of the human body, presumably while sitting in the dark.
What is the circulatory system?
200
This man invented the coordinate plane and said "I think, therefore I am."
Who is Rene Descartes?
300
The Catholic church officially endorsed this worldview before the Scientific Revolution.
What is geocentrism?
300
This astronomer is famous for developing a working heliocentric model in the 16th century.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
300
This figure publicly and famously defended Copernicus against the Catholic Church.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
300
Gottfriend Leibniz invented this system in 1679, and it is still used in most computers today.
What is the binary number system?
300
Though he was mostly interested in alchemy, this man is known as the first modern chemist and even has a law named after him.
Who is Robert Boyle?
400
The Scientific Revolution began with a shift in the study of this branch of science.
What is astronomy or cosmology?
400
Church figures--including this famous church reformer--denounced the Copernican model.
Who is Martin Luther?
400
This figure stole a corpse on his way to becoming the founder of Modern Human Biology.
Who is Andreas Vesalius?
400
In addition to inventing, Christiaan Huygens also discovered this planetary feature.
What are Saturn's rings?
or
What is Saturn's largest moon?
400
A prolific writer, she was one of the only women to participate in the Scientific Revolution, and she published her writings under her real name.
Who is Margaret Cavendish?
500
Geo-centrism was also known as this model, named after an ancient Greek astronomer.
What is the Ptolemaic model?
500
This work, published just before his death, detailed the theories of Copernicus and his heliocentric model.
What is "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres?"
500
This figure is known as the Father of Empiricism, that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience.
Who is Francis Bacon?
500
Blaise Pascal, a child prodigy, created this helpful machine at the age of 16.
What is the mechanical calculator?
500
While the Scientific Revolution began with Copernicus, most agree it ended with this man, who developed famous Laws of Motion.