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22 Cards in this Set
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Democritus |
Ancient Greek scientist who believed in atoms |
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Aristotle |
Championed the idea of spontaneous generation and is responsible for it being believed for so long |
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Copernicus |
Proposed heliocentric system |
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Isaac Newton |
One of the greatest scientists of all time, he laid down the laws of motion, developed the law of universal gravity and invented calulus |
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Galileo |
Collected much data in favor of the heliocentric system but was forced to recant belief in it |
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Charles Darwin |
Destroyed the idea of immutability of species |
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Gregor Mendel |
Determined how traits are passed on during reproduction |
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James Joule |
Demonstrated the first law of thermodynamics |
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Albert Einstein |
Had two theories of relativity and was big in quantum mechanics |
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James Clerk Maxwell |
Founder of modern physics |
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Niels Bohr |
He is best known for his model of the atom. It was named after him, and it revealed many of the atom's mysteries |
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Lavoisier |
Discovered the law of Mass Conservation |
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Dalton |
He developed the first detailed atomic theory and became known as the founder of modern atomic theory |
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Ptolemy |
Proposed geocentric system
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Anaximander Thales |
One of the first scientists
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Robert Grosseteste
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Considered the first modern scientists
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Define Science |
The study of how the world works by gathering observable facts |
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Define Papyrus |
A material prepared in ancient Egypt |
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Define Spontaneous Generation |
the idea that living organisms can be spontaneously formed from non-living substances |
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What lesson can we learn from the fact that scientific progress stalled during the Dark Ages? |
Scientific progress depends not only on scientists, but it also depends on government and culture |
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What caused scientific progress to move forward again towards the end of the Dark Ages |
Real science began to emerge again, thanks mostly to the Roman Catholic Church |
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What lesson can we learn from the fact that the idea of spontaneous generation was believed for so long, despite the evidence against it? |
Because the scientist who proposed this, Aristotle, was so well respected and considered the greatest scientist of his time. We should believe in science because of the evidence not because of who believed them. |
