Astronomy
Who came up with the idea of Heliocentrism?
Nikola Copernicus
This German Astronomer used math and proposed that planets had 'elliptical' orbits.
Johannes Kepler
During the Scientific Revolution we see a shift from Authority (the Church) to __________
Observation
DOUBLE POINTS
This British Philosopher believed in a method called Inductive reasoning.
Francis Bacon
Motion
Explain what Geo-Centrism is?
The Church's belief that the Earth was the center of the solar system and that the planets orbit the Earth
DOUBLE POINTS
Which Astronomer proved the Heliocentric model of the solar system? How was he able to do it?
Galileo Galeli with the use of telescopes
This process of cutting into corpses to study the internal structures and functions of the human body was illegal by church standards.
Dissection
This French Philosopher believed in a method called Deductive reasoning
Renee Descartes
Name two Scientific societies + where and when they were founded
The Royal Society - London - 1660
French Academy of Sciences - Paris -1666
Explain what Heliocentrism?
The scientific belief that the Earth orbits the Sun.
This Danish astronomer mapped the stars by observation and rejected heliocentrism as he thought that stars could not be as large and far as they are.
Tycho Brahe
DOUBLE POINTS
This person is considered the founder of modern anatomy
Andreas Vesalius
Theory of Knowledge is also called__________
Epistemology
What was the name of the list of books that the Church banned
The Index of Prohibited Books
DOUBLE POINTS
What was the Church’s response to Copernicus’s theory of heliocentrism?
The Church was okay with the idea because it was just a hypothesis and not proven
Why was Galileo and not the other astronomers put on trial for their findings?
Astronomers who came before Galileo could not PROVE that the Sun was the center of the solar system. With the use of telescopes and evidence, Galileo was able to prove it based on science and evidence.
List two errors in Galen’s anatomical work
Incorrect structures of the heart
Believed that animal and human organs were the same
Mistaken brain vessel networks
How did this thinker impact science?
•Clear methods strengthened scientific inquiry
•Experimentation and logic became central
•Authority became less persuasive than evidence
List the four phases of the Scientific Revolution
Foundations and challenges to old views (late 1400s–mid‑1500s)
Breakthroughs and new methods (late 1500s–mid‑1600s)
New philosophy of knowledge (early–mid‑1600s)
Peak and institutionalization of the revolution (mid‑1600s–early 1700s)
This astronomer created a theory that is a mixture of both heliocentrism and geocentrism. What was it called, and explain how it's a combination of both.
Helio-Geocentrism:
- The idea that the Earth is still the center of the solar system
- The Sun orbits the Earth
- All the other planets orbit the sun
When was Galileo put on trial?
What was he forced to do?
What was his sentence?
What is the myth surrounding the trial?
1633
He was forced to recant his ideas of heliocentrism
He was sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life
Under his breath, he muttered, 'and yet it moves.'
Galen believed that if anything was wrong with the human body, that there was an imbalance in these four _________
Humors
Both of these thinkers rejecte ___________ trust in authorities
Blind
How did the Scientific Revolution affect the Church
It weakened the church's influence, power, and authority by challenging it with evidence, proof, reasoning, logic, and the scientific method.