2TBOC: The Renaissance

Question 1

the royal society was set up in… with the support of which king?
what is the motto of the Royal Society?

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Answer 1

1660 by King Charles II
take nobody’s word for it

Question 2

what is the Royal Society’s journal called? Which famous scientist had his first paper published here? What was the name of this paper

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Answer 2

Philosophical Transactions
Isaac Newton
New Theory About Light and Colours

Question 3

influence of the printing press

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Answer 3

• more books were printed because prior to this, it took months for one copy to be made by hand
• this meant that more ideas were read by more people
• this meant that theories could be properly analysed
• books and textbooks were used more frequently by students studying medicine- improved quality of education

Question 4

humanism

Answer 4

• increased focus on human factors and their importance- leans into scientific thinking
• focus on direct observation and experiments rather than belief leading to the Church being questioned
• still religious

Question 5

books

Answer 5

• scholars were paid to correct poor translations that were written in the Middle Ages and to restore old texts
• Theories proposed by Avicenna, Galen and Hippocrates became popular again