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Developed the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity
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Einstein
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Remembered for his theory of the atom
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Niels Bohr
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Made the assumption that energy comes in small packets called "quanta"
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Max Planck
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Came up with The First Law of Thermodynamics
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James Joule
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Known as the founder of modern physics
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James Clerk Maxwell
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Remembered for his work on how traits are passed on during reproduction
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Gregor Mendel
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The immutability of species refers to the mistaken idea that living creatures cannot change. He showed that this is just not true.
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Darwin
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Is best known for his book, Origin of Species. You could also say evolution.
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Darwin
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Is remembered for the first detailed atomic theory.
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Dalton
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Came up with the law of mass conservation.
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Lavoisier
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The single greatest scientist of all time. He laid down the laws of motion, developed a universal law of gravity, and invented calculus.
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Newton
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Claimed to invent the telescope, but he actually stole the idea.
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Galileo
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Was forced to recant belief in the Copernican system by the Roman Catholic church. He would have otherwise been thrown out of the church.
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Galileo
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A book was written by this man. It was about the arrangement of the stars and planets in space.
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Copernicus
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This book was written about the human body. The author was ___
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Vesalius
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He was the first modern scientist because he was first to use the scientific method.
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Grosseteste
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Why did science begin to progress towards the end of the Dark Ages.
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Because the Christian worldview began to replace the Roman worldview.
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Define Science
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Science - A branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of observable facts in order to formulate general laws about the natural world
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Define Papyrus
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Papyrus - A primitive form of paper, made from a long-leafed plant of the same name
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Define Spontaneous generation
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Spontaneous generation - The idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances
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One of the first three individuals who were humanity's first real scientists.
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The three individuals were Thales, Anaximander (an axe' uh man der), and Anaximenes (an axe' uh me nees).
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He proposed the geocentric system
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Ptolemy
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What system proposes the sun as the center of the universe?
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Heliocentric
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What system proposes the earth as the center of the universe?
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Geocentric System
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He proposed the heliocentric system
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Copernicus
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What lesson from history can we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages?
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The progress of science depends on government and culture.
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What caused scientific progress to move forward again towards the end of the Dark Ages?
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A Christian Worldview
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What lesson from history can we learn from the fact that the idea of spontaneous generation was believed for so long, despite the evidence against it?
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We should believe scientific ideas because of evidence, not because of the people who believe in them.
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