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16 Cards in this Set
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Ptolemy |
Believed in a earth centered universe |
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Copernicus |
formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the middle |
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Kepler |
mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion, |
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revolution |
a fundamental change in political power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time when the population rises up in revolt against the current authorities. |
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geocentric |
having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical systems. |
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astronomer |
scientists who study the motions of stars and planets, invented better tools for looking at the universe. |
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heliocenitric |
Having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system |
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excommunication |
is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular receiving of the sacraments. Some Protestants practice an alternate form of excusing congregants from the church. |
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ellipses |
idea that the planets move in oval paths |
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heresy |
anti-Church teachings |
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scientific Method |
method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. |
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hypothesis |
a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation. |
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Galileo |
was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution |
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Francis Bacon |
an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, |
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Descartes |
was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western ... |
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Newton |
was an English physicist and mathematician(described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") |
