Chapter 4 review Flashcards
Ptolemy
A first-century astronomer who introduced the idea of an Earth-centered universe.
Copernicus
A Polish astronomer who believed the Earth travelled around the sun.
Rabelais
Wrote translations of medical texts from Greek times, and wrote graphic novels.
Vesalius
University professor that dissected bodies. Wrote the first anatomy textbook.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Drew and dissected bodies. Artist.
Kepler
A German mathematician who discovered that planets moved in elliptical orbits.
Albert Einstein
Said “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind”
Astronomy
The study of the universe as a whole.
Astrology
The study of stars.
Isabella D’Este
A humanist woman who ruled a city-state for many years.
Nicollo Machiavelli
Believed that a leader can do what they need to do as long as it’s good for the state as a whole. Believed that you had to choose between being a good leader and a good person.
Galileo
The Italian astronomer that built the telescope then was arrested by the church.
The Prince
Title of the first political science book.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect who used math to rediscover the theory of perspective.
Perspective
Art and mathematical concept that changed the world through art, architecture and engineering.
