scientific revolution Flashcards
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Scientific Revolution
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a period of drastic change in scientific understanding that took place during the 16th and 17th centuries
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Scientific Method
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characterized science since the 17th century,
consisting observation, measurement, and experiment,
formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses
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Ptolemy
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Ptolemy thought that the universe was a set of spheres like earth surrounding the Earth
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Copernicus concluded that every planet. including Earth, revolved around the Sun.
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Galileo Galilei
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he proved Copernicus right, and made the telescope
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sir isaac newton
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he came up with the idea of the theory of universal gravitation, the nature of white light and calculus
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