Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Descartes
Newton
100
Poland
What is Copernicus' place of birth and death?
100
Kepler was this man's assistant
Who is Tycho Brahe?
100
Known as...
What is the father of modern science?
100
Known today as more of a ________ than a scientist
What is a philosopher?
100
The place in which Newton went to college.
What is Cambridge?
200
The university Copernicus attended.
What is the University of Cracow?
200
The religion practiced by Kepler.
What is Protestant?
200
Place of Galileo's birth.
What is Pisa?
200
The famous school Descartes attended as a young man.
What is La Flèche?
200
Newton's book published in 1687.
What is Principia?
300
The original priest entrusted to print Copernicus' book.
Who is Rheticus?
300
Highly influenced the work of Kepler
Who is Copernicus?
300
Galileo's invention that revolutionized astronomy.
What is the telescope?
300
The coordinate system named after Descartes.
What is the Cartesian coordinate system?
300
He constructed the first _________ telescope in 1668.
What is a reflecting telescope?
400
The Heliocentric Model
What is Copernicus' model of the solar system called?
400
The belief that planets orbit in an ellipses pattern.
What is Kepler's first law?
400
The consequences for challenging the beliefs of the Catholic Church.
What is Galileo was put on house arrest?
400
Descartes most famous philosophical statement.
What is "I think therefore I am"
400
The belief that an object remains at rest or in a straight line motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's First Law?
500
Copernicus' book finished in 1542 meaning revolutions of the heavenly bodies
What is De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
500
Allowed astronomers to calculate the distances of the planets from the sun.
What is Kepler's 3rd law?
500
Galileo's book published in 1632.
What is the Dialogue on Concerning the Two Chief World Systems?
500
The purpose for Descartes going to Sweden.
What is to teach philosophy to the queen of Sweden?
500
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's Third Law?
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