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Term: Galileo Galilei
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*Italian Scientist
*Called before the *Guilty for heresy and disobedience *Wrote "the Starry Messenger" *taught Mathematics *Discovered: Moon mountains, Jupiter's moons, and sunspots |
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Term: Geocentric
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Earth at the Center
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Term: Ptolemaic system
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*Earth fixed at the center
*10th shell is the prime mover *Heaven has a place *Planets and the sun revolve around the earth |
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Term: Nicholas Copernicus
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*Polish Mathematician
*Wrote "On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres" *founded the Copernican system of the solar system |
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Term: Heliocentric
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sun-centered
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Term: Johannas Kepler
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*German Mathematician
*made the Laws of Planetary movement (Orbits weren't circular) |
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Term: Isaac Newton
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*Mathematics Professor
*Went to Cambridge *Made the 3 Laws of Motion *universal law of gravitation - elliptical orbits are because of gravity |
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Term: Galen
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*Greek Physician
*Dominated Middle Age teachings *Dissected animals to learn about humans |
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Term: Andreas Vesalius
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*Professor of Surgery
*Wrote on the "Fabric of the Human Body" *Dissected Humans *Accurate look at organs and human structure *thought 2 kinds of blood ran through the body |
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Term: William Harvey
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*English medical Author
*Wrote "On the motion of heart and blood" Book: 1. The heart is the starting point of blood 2. 1 type of blood 3. Circulation |
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Term: Robert Boyle
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*English Chemist
*Boyles Laws (PTV) *Conducted controlled experiments |
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Term: Antoine Lavoisier
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*French Chemist
*named he elements *Founder of modern chemistry |
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Term: Margret Cavendish
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*Female Scientist
*Wrote "Observations on Experimental Philosophy" *Believed humans had no power over nature |
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Term: Maria Winkelmann
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*Famous Female Astronomer
*Discovered a Comet *Turned down from Berlin because she was a woman |
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Term: Rationalism
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Reason as your chief source of knowledge
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Term: Rene Descartes
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*French Philosopher
*Wrote "Discourse on Method" *"I think, therefore I am" *Mind over matter *Father of rationalism |
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Term: Scientific Method
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A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
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Term: Francis Bacon
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*English Philosopher
*developed the scientific method |
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Date: Galileo Face Inquisition
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1632
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Date: Copernicus
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1543
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Date: Kepler
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1550
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Date: "The Starry Messenger"
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1610 (By Galileo)
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Date: Galileo
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1642 D.
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Date: Issac Newton
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1687
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Date: Principia
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1687 (by Isaac Newton)
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Date: Andrea Vesalius
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1543
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Date: "On the Fabric of the Human Body"
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1543 (By Andrea Vesalius)
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Date: William Harvey
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1628
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Date: "On the Motion of Heart and Blood'
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1628 (By William Harvey)
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Date: Robert Boyle
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1691
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Date: Antoine Lavoisier
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1794
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Date: Rene Descartes
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1637
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Date: "Discourse on Method"
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1637 (By Rene Descartes)
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What were the 5 things that led to Natural Philosopher changing their views?
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*Renaissance Humanists
*Technical Problems *Inventions of new Instruments *Printing Press *Mathematics |
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Term: Renaissance Humanists
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*Mastered Greek and Latin
*Read works by Ptolemy |
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Term: Technical Problems
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*Observation and Measurements
*Calculating the weight a ship could hold |
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Term: Inventions of New Instruments
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*Telescopes
*Microscopes |
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Term: Printing Press
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*Spread ideas quickly
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Term: Mathematics
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*Rediscovery of Ancient Mathematics
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Most Women scientists in germany were ______.
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Astrnomers
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