A technology that had a crucial role in spreading innovative ideas quickly and easily
What is the printing press?
100
The age old Aristotlian as well as Ptolemaic belief in a earth centered universe is called the...?
Geo-Centric Universe
100
Had studied both mathematics and astronomy. Wrote "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres". He argued that the universe consisted of eight spheres with the sun motionless in the center
Who is Copernicus?
100
A 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. Founder of chemistry. Created boyle's law.
Who is Robert Boyle
100
Written by Galileo Galilei. Made Europeans more aware of the new picture of the universe. Supported Copernicus' heliocentric system
What is "The Starry Messenger"?
200
The "key" to navigation, military science, geography, and to the understanding of the nature of things.
(Hint: Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton all believed that the secrets of nature were written in the language of _____.)
What is mathematics?
200
What is the new scientific theory held by many new astronomers about the form of the universe?
Helio-Centrism
200
He wanted to discover the "music of the spheres". Was originally studying theology before he pursued his interests in mathematics and astronomy. Much of his work was based on Tycho Brahe who complied records on his observations of the stars and planets.
(Hint: wrote the three laws of planetary motion)
Who is Johannes Kepler?
200
Wrote On the Motion of the Heart and Blood. Made lots of discoveries about the circulation of blood including the heart is the center of the circulatory system, and there is only one kind of blood and it passes through the body in a complete circuit
Who is William Harvey
200
Written by Newton, this book spelled out the mathematical proofs demonstrating his universal law of gravitation.
What is Principia
300
An intellectual movement that is thought to have made the Scientific Revolution possible. The desire to control and dominate the natural world through magic or alchemy
What is Hermeticism?
300
The form of math and science that Newton pioneered. (Two Answers, must get both correct for 400)
Physics and Calculus
300
The first European to make systematic observations of the heavens by means of a telescope. Condemned by the Inquisition and the Catholic Church
Who is Galileo Galilei?
300
Wrote On the Fabric of the Human Body. Dissected human bodies to better understand them. He disproved Galen's theory of the Liver being the center of the circulatory system.
Who is Vesalius
300
This person wrote "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood," which explained that the heart was the center of the circulation of blood.
Who is William Harvey
400
Ancient authorities who were used by Renaissance scholars to develop ideas in physics, medicine, and astronomy (at least 3)
Who are Galen, Ptolemy, Plato, Aristotle, and Archimedes?
400
An offshoot movement of Humanism that revolved around using math to come closer to god. Inspired many early scientists to experiment
Hermeticism
400
This woman was excluded membership from the Royal Society
Who is Margaret Cavendish
400
rejected aristotle and galen.believed human was a microcosm of the macrocosm of the universe and thus disease was a result of chemical imbalances, not humor problems. "like cures like" some considered him father of modern medicine, others the father of homeopathy
Who is Paracelsus
400
His person wrote "On the Fabric of the Human Body," in which human anatomy was shown through detailed illustrations.
Who is Andreas Vesalius
500
According to Aristotle, was the most "perfect" kind of motion and therefore was appropriate for the heavenly bodies in the sky
What is circular movements?
500
A law that states that every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Law of Universal Gravitation
500
Formally recognized and supported the French Academy
Who is Louis XIV
500
"Principia"- three laws of motion. was actually into alchemy, and thus not the first in an age of reason but the last of the magicians. Universal Law of Gravitation which explained the orbits of planets. his World-Machine also was very widely accepted, concieved to operate absolutely in space, time and motion, and believed that the world was governed by certain laws (like gravity). World-view only changed with Einstein's relativity.
Who is Issac Newton
500
In his work Pensees _______ tried to convert rationalists to Christianity by appealing to both their reason and emotions