Chapter 15: The Age of Reason Flashcards
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Use of reason under the authority of Scripture
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Age of Reason
2
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Polish astronomer who used instruments to test the heliocentric theory
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Copernicus
3
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Sun-centered theroy formulated by Copernicus
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Heliocentric theory
4
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Best known astronomer; used a pendulum to tell the time
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Galileo Galilei
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Galileo’s invention
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Telescope
6
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Formulated the laws of gravity
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Isaac Newton
7
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Father of anatomy
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Andreas Vesalius
8
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Formulated chemicals to treat illness
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Paracelsus
9
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Discovered that valves cause blood to flow toward the heart, not the other direction
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William Harvey
10
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Fromulated vaccinations
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Edward Jenner
11
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Who discovered ammonia, oxygen, hydrocloric acid, and carbon dioxide?
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Joseph Priestley
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Father of modern chemistry; formulated the law of conservation of matter
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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
