Scientific Revolution Flashcards

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Johannes Kepler

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-Mathematician that proved Heliocentric thr. with tycho brahe and copernicus data

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Isaac Newton

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-Math. and physicist that brought many thr. under a single thr. of motion called the law of universal gravitation

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Robert Boyle

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Founder of chemistry

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Francis Bacon

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-Politician that argued for the experimental method

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Copernicus

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-Heliocentric theroy in 1543

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Descartes

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-math. that linked algebra and geometry and to use logic and reason

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Galileo

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-Scientific genius but church didn’t agree with his teaching and was put under house arrest

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Scientific Revolution

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-1550s where study of natural world began to be characterized by observations and questions of accepted beliefs
Causes:
1)Age of Exploration 2)Renaissance
Impacts
1)Heliocentric Theroy 2)Scientific Method

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