Scientific Revolution Flashcards
Who are the 3 auctores?
Aristotle, Ptolemy, Galen
Which auctore studied physics?
Aristotle
Which auctore studied medicine and anatomy?
Galen
Which auctore studied astronomy and geography?
Ptolemy
What did Ptolemy create and think?
Ptolemaic Universe, geocentric system
What is the geocentric system?
Idea by Ptolemy that the earth is the center of the universe
What surrounds and moves the earth in the Ptolemaic Universe?
Crystalline Spheres
What is the outermost crystalline sphere in the Ptolemaic Universe that moves all the others?
Primum Mobile/First Mover
Who proved Ptolemy and the geocentric system wrong?
Nicholas Copernicus
What is the heliocentric system?
sun is the center of the universe/solar system
What year was the heliocentric system revealed in Copernicus’ book ‘On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres’ ?
1543
How did people explain the inconsistency of planet movement? (why they dont move in perfect circle)
epicycles
What are epicycles?
circles on circles; used to explain planet movement inconsistency
What did people believe space was made out of?
celestial matter/5th element/ether/quintessence
What was the mechanistic universe?
idea that the universe is like a machine:predictable and always working
Who made the best observations of the sky without a telescope?
Tycho Brahe
What did Tycho Brahe see/discover?
Nova/exploding star; comets
What did Tycho Brahe study (in addition to astronomy) that was semi-controversial?
pseudo science/astrology
Who was Tycho Brahe’s apprentis?
Johannes Kepler
What did Johannes Kepler discover?
that planets move in ellipses(not perfect circle); that planets change speed
What is inertia?
tendency of object to stay still or in motion in straight line at uniform speed until acted on by outside source
What did Galileo discover relating to physics?
that weight doesn’t effect the speed of fall; things fall at constant rate of acceleration
Where/what city did Galileo study?
Padua, Italy
What other science did Galileo study? (in addition to physics)
science of ballistics (projectiles/parabolas)
Why was Galileo hated?
saw impurities of the universe and catholic church thought univeres/God’s creation was perfect
What did Descartes do relating to math?
created analytic/coordinate geometry
Who said “I think therefore I am”
Renne Descartes