Module 2 Flashcards
Refer to greek speculation about the nature in the period before socrates
Intellectual revolution
Showed how society was transformed by science and technology
Presocratic or non-theological or first philosophy
Famous greek philosopher and astronomer that stated that all planets the sun and the moon move in a circular motion around the earth
Claudius ptomely
What does geo mean
Earth
A superseded description of the universe with earth at the center. The sun, moon, stars and planets all orbited the earth
Geocentrism/ geocentric model
A polish mathematician and astronomer that develop his model of sun centered universe that explain the daily and yearly motion of the sun and stars in the universe.
Nicolas copernicus/ copernican revolution
What does “helio” means
Sun
The center of the solar system is not the earth but actually the sun started the birth of modern astronomy/scientific transformation of society’s thoughts and beliefs
Heliocentrism/heliocentric model
Danish astronomer and nobleman who observed and record the positions of celestial bodies.
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe observe and documented leading to a profound shift in the understanding of the universe
Supernova 1572
Extensive observation of stars including his cataloging of ___ stars provided valuable data that contributed to the advancement of astronomy and our knowledge of the celestial spheres during his time
777
The effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different position
Parallax
True or false
Moon would exhibit larger parallax effects compared to more distance stars
True
Brahes observation and measurements of planetary positions led him to conclude that the planets including the sun revolve around the earth
Geoheliocentrism
Formulated three fundamental laws of planetary motion that revolutionized our understanding of the solar system
Johannes kepler
He described the elliptical orbits of planets the equal areas law and the harmonic relationship between a planets orbital period and its distance from the sun
Johannes kepler
What are the three kepler’s law of planetary motion
The law of ellipsis
The law of equal areas
The law of harmonies
This law of kepler explains that planets are orbiting the sun in a path described as an ellipse
The law of ellipsis
This law of kepler’s describe the speed at which any given planet will move while orbiting the sun
The law of equal areas
This law of kepler compares the orbital period and radius of orbit of the planet to those of other planets. It makes a comparison between the motion characteristic of different planets.
The law of harmonies
He was credited with significantly improving the design of the telescope and using it to make groundbreaking astronomical observation
Galileo galilei
Galileo observed that the moon surface was not smooth as was commonly believed at the time.
Galilean telescope
Galileo discovered the four largest moons of jupiter now known as the
Galilean moons
What are the galilean moons
-lo
-europa
-ganymede
-callisto
What is the influential work of galilei
“sidereus Nuncius” (starry messenger)
The work of galilei which openly advocate the heliocentric model and question the geocentric beliefs held by the catholic church
Dialog concerning the two chief world systems
He introduced the concept of species as a distinct category of living organism contributing to the development of the modern concept of species in biology
John ray
Ray’s contribution to zoology and botany was more in _____ than in microscopy
Taxonomy
Known as the father of taxonomy, he developed the modern system of biological classification taxonomy and binomial nomenclature. In which each species is identified by a generic name genus and a specific name species.
Carl Linnaeus
A work that introduced the nomenclature for all ferns and flowering plants
Species plantarum
He dissected many human cadavers over his career taking meticulous notes and sketching the anatomy of each subject. He pioneered the human anatomy with his “de humani corpores fabrica”
Andreas vesalius
Pioneering physician who discovered an accurately describe the circulation of blood in the human body fundamentally transforming our understanding of cardiovascular physiology
William harvey
What is the well known work of isaac newton
Principia matematika
Generally regarded as the founder of humanistic psychology
Isaac newton
Holds that satisfying on it is one of the most controversial intellectual revolution of its time
Darwinian revolution
An english naturalist biologist and geologist publishes book on the origin of species in this book he introduced the theory of evolution
Charles darwin
Population pass through a process of ________ in which only the fee test would survive
Natural selection
He was able to change people’s perception of psychology with his revolutionary theory of psychoanalysis
Sigmund freud
A method for treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human behavior
Psychoanalysis
