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The experiment is at the heart of this way of reaching the truth about the nature of our universe.
Scientific Method
a method
Name the 5 steps of the Scientific Method.
State the Problem, Gather information & Form a Hypothesis,Experiment,Observe and record data, State a Conclusion.
No Hint
The idea that the Earth was fixed in space & the Sun and planets revolved around it is called?
Geocentric Theory
No hint
Ptolemy's theory stated that what was the CENTER of the known universe?
the Earth
Hello...you live on the planet!
What major institution objected to the theories of Galileo, calling them heresy?
the Catholic Church
think Pope, big Papi
Name two things that happened to Galileo, "the father of experimental science," as a result of the Inquisition.
he was charged with heresy and his book were banned by the Church until 1992!
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What was the first planetary object that Galileo saw with his telescope?
the Moon
One of these days Alice..right to the________!
What other important scientific idea did Galileo discover and prove before he died?
That gravity makes all objects fall at the same rate of speed.
They say he did this test from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Newton's idea that we can predict the pattern for all objects in the universe is called?
Scientific law
He was like...Moses to science!
What did Versalius study?
Anatomy
He had a body of evidence!
Explain how both the models for change in the Renaissance & Reformation were different from the Scientific Revolution.
The models for the Renaissance & Reformation were the past...the Scientific Revolution the future.
think before and after
He wrote "Discourse & Method." I think therefore I am!
Rene Descartes
He was always on top of things...ala carte
Queen Elizabeth's favorite scientist..he said "the truth isn't known until investigation."
Francis Bacon
He was a real ham!
Was selected by leading German princes but in reality did not have much power.
Holy Roman Emperor
Most powerful ruler in Prussian History
Frederick II (the Great)
He combined enlightenment thinking into an Encyclopedia.
Diderot
The only thing Descartes found that he could not doubt was his ________.
own existence
He believed that reason could NOT be used to explain questions of metaphysics.
Immanuel Kant
Tries to answer ultimate and universal questions.
Metaphysics