Key Terms
That the sun is at the center of the universe.
Who first came up with the Heliocentric Theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Who developed the theory of Gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
What was Galileo Galilei forced to do?
Recant what he had said.
What is the Geocentric theory?
That the Earth is at the center of the universe.
Who did the Catholic Church charge with heresy?
Galileo Galilei
Who is known as the father of Human Anatomy?
Andreas Vesalius
Nicolaus Copernicus and Christopher Columbus both believed that...
The Earth is round.
What does the word "Geocentric" mean?
Geo means Earth
Centric means centered on
Who said, "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
What did Sir Francis Bacon develop?
The Scientific Method
What did Andreas Vesalius do to the human body?
He dissected it.
What does the word "Heliocentric" mean?
Helio means the Sun
Centric means centered on
Who has the nickname, "The father of Chemistry"?
Robert Boyle
What did Robert Boyle discover?
Oxygen
What did William Harvey Discover?
The heart is a pump.
Why do we have leap day?
Because the earth rotates on an Ellipses.
Who developed the Heliocentric theory after reading Copernicus' book?
Tycho Brahe
Who was able to share his works on the heliocentric theory without getting punished by the Catholic Church? Why?
Johannes Kepler because he belonged to the Protestant Church, not the Catholic Church.
What did Johannes Kepler provide mathematical proof of?
That the Sun is the center of the universe AND the planets revolve in ellipses.