Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Laws of Space
Copernicus
100
Argued that mathematics, rather than being __________ __________, is the true language of science
What is abstract perfection?
100
Was the great classical
What is Physicist?
100
He was a mathematician and a _______
What is mystic?
100
The planets sweep out equal areas during equal times of the orbit
What is Kepler's second rule of the orbit of the planets?
100
Studied mathematics and _____________ in Italy
What is astronomy?
200
He performed many revolutionary experiments in mechanics and other fields of __________
What is physics?
200
Developed the science of
What is mechanics?
200
He made highly precise calculations of ___________ orbits
What is planetary?
200
This is valid for velocities much smaller than the speed of light
What is Galileo's First Theory of Relativity?
200
Spent his life as a physician, attorney and __________ administrator
What is church?
300
He demonstrated that this was independent of mass
What is acceleration of gravity?
300
Invented a mathematical tool that he called "fluctions", now known as
What is calculus?
300
He developed _________ rules for the orbit of the planets
What is three?
300
The square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the planet's distance from the Sun. (If you measure the period in Earth years and the distance in Astronomical Units (1 A.U.= the average distance of the Earth from the Sun), then Period2 = Distance 3.)
What is Kepler's Third Rule for the orbit of the planets?
300
Was born in
What is 1473?
400
His work was disavowed by the Catholic Church and in 1633 he was brought before the
What is Inquisition?
400
Published his Laws of Motion and analysis of Gravity in the
What is Principia Mathematica?
400
He worked with _______ ________ in Prague
What is Tycho Brahe?
400
Light travels at the same speed in all frames of reference
What is Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity?
500
Galileo published his views in Italian in this book in 1632
What is Dialogues Concerning the Two Chief World Systems?
500
His first development was known as
What is the Laws of Motion?
500
His first rule for the orbit of the planets
What is the orbits of the planets are ellipses with the Sun at one focus?
500
Any two bodies attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
What is Law of Gravitation?
500
Developed a ______________ model of the Solar System which retained the notion of perfect circular motion
What is heliocentric?
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