Enlightenment in scientific revolution Flashcards
Separation of powers
Division of power between the monarch parliament and courts
Robert Boyle 
founded modern chemistry
Jenner
Invented smallpox vaccine
Philosophes
French word for philosopher
Presley/Lavoisier 
Discovered benefits of oxygen
Lockes natural rights
Life, liberty, or property
Evangelista Torricelli
First mercury barometer 
Jenessen
Invented first microscope
Hobbs
Expressed his views and government in his book Leviathan (social contract)
Heliocentric theory
Idea of what is the center of the universe: the sun and the planets revolve around it
Geocentric
Another idea of the center of the universe: the earth is the center and everything revolves around it
Scientific method
Procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Rousseau
Believe in a direct democracy
Montesquieu
Commanded separation of powers I’m not in the branches of government
Isaac Newton
Discovered gravity