Section II
Which famous Greek physician was also known as the Father of Medicine?
Hippocrates
What did Sir Isaac Newton discover and/or develop?
Isaac Newton discovered the laws of gravity and motion, as well as an advanced form of calculus.
Which Greek mathematician is known as the Father of Geometry?
Euclid
Who is Halley's comet named for?
Edmond Halley, an English astronomer who recorded the position and motion of hundreds of stars.
Which culture introduced a different number system to Europeans (who still used Roman numerals)?
Arab culture introduced their numeral system to Europeans.
Who developed the first vaccine ever (and for which disease)?
Edward Jenner, an English doctor developed the first vaccine for smallpox.
What controversial view did Copernicus introduce?
Copernicus introduced the view that the earth revolved around the sun, not the sun around the earth.
What is a vaccine?
A vaccine is a weakened form of a disease that a person is exposed to on purpose to prevent his getting a serious form of the disease.
What did Galileo Galilei introduce?
The telescope, which proved instrumental in proving Copernicus' theory.
While there were many positive aspects of the Scientific Revolution, what was one negative aspect?
Reason came to be seen as the only way to know rather than just another way of knowing.