Scientific Revolution Flashcards
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Scientific Revolution
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Observation and Experimentation
Questioning the church
Questioning tradition
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Copernicus and Galileo
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Scientific revolution
Copernicus (heliocentric theory - “sun centered”)
Galileo (proves heliocentric theory with telescope)
People begin to question the church
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Observation and Experimentation
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Science as used to find the truth, rather than relying on tradition.
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Scientific Method
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System for solving problems that emphasized the collection of data in order to test a hypothesis
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Newton
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Discovered gravity and that the world follows universal laws.
