Key Terms
The belief that the earth was as the center of the Universe.
What is geocentrism?
This famous scientist supposedly wrote the laws of gravity after being hit by an apple while sitting under and apple tree.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
This famous Florentine used his telescopes to confirm Copernicus' view of the solar system.
Who was Galileo?
Where was Francis Bacon from?
What is Great Britain (England)?
The belief that the Sun is at the center of the universe.
What is heliocentrism?
Which person famously used deductive reasoning, Francis Bacon or Aristotle?
Who is Aristotle?
This man, sometimes called the "recluse of Cambridge," is remembered today for his laws of motion and many other scientific discoveries.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
Galileo spent most of his life near this town, which was the center of the Italian Renaissance.
What is Florence?
The study of light. Just one of the subjects that interested Sir Isaac Newton.
What is optics?
He wrote a dialogue in order to disprove geocentrism. He made the controversial decision to make the character who supported geocentrism look like a fool.
Who was Galileo?
Who is Aristotle?
Where was Aristotle from?
A formal rejection of a statement or idea.
What is recantation?
This scientist was put in house arrest for refusing to take back his unproven claims about the universe.
A famous astronomer that had to be convinced to publish his discovery that the sun is the center of the solar system.
Who is Copernicus?
This is the school where Sir Isaac Newton taught.
What is Cambridge?
The theory that truth can come only through experience and experimentation.
What is empiricism?
This thinker during the Scientific Revolution believed that science would help mankind "master" nature. He therefore was only interested in science that gave man power over nature.
Who was Francis Bacon?
Who is Ptolemy?
This is where Copernicus was from.
What is Poland?