Scientific Revolution Flashcards
Geocentric Theory
The earth centered view of the universe
Ptolemy
Creator of the Geocentric Theory
Scientific Revolution
a new way of thinking about the natural world. Based upon careful observations and a willingness to question accepted beliefs
Nicolaus Copernicus
First to come up with the Heliocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory
The idea that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun
Tycho Brahe
Measurements of the sky to help track the movements of the planet. He has a metal nose
Johannes Kepler
Discovered the elliptical orbits
Galileo Galilei
Found mountains on the moon by making a better telescope, discovered sunspots, had to go before the Roman Inquisition, and he stayed Catholic
Galen
Never dissected a human because he thought humans worked the same as pigs.
Andreas Vesalius
Drew anatomical drawings after dissecting bodies, hung the bodies from tree branches
Aristotle
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Scientific Method
New way of experimentation, helped end witch craft
Francis Bacon
Created inductive reasoning
Rene Descartes
Created deductive reasoning
Isaac Newton
Came up with the idea of gravity
