Scientific Revolution Flashcards
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Scientific revolution
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New way of thinking about the natural world
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Polish cleric and astronomer
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Heliocentric theory
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Sun centered-did not explain completely why the planets orbited the way they did
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Johannes Kepler
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Brilliant mathematician
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Galileo Galilei
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Italian student that watched a chandelier swing on its chain
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Scientific method
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Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
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Francis bacon
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English politician and writer had a passionate interest in science
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Rene Descartes
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Took a keen interest in science
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Isaac Newton
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Helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion
