Reporting Quiz - Scientific Revolution Flashcards

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Who emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding

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Rene Descartes

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A model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe.

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Heliocentric Model

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A method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis

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Scientific Method

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4
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He emphasized direct human dissection over animal dissection

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Andreas Vesalius

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5
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He credited with discovering element of hydrogen

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Henry Cavendish

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The first woman to win Nobel prize in physics and chemistry

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Marie Curie

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She is acknowledged as the first programmer

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Ada Lovelace

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Who developed the ties between physics and astronomy through his law of universal gravitation?

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Isaac Newton

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Who challenged the Aristotelian model?

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Tycho Brahe

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10
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Who is the father of modern observational astronomy?

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Galileo Galilei

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