Scientific Revolution/English Civil War Flashcards
(38 cards)
Andreas Vesalius achieve breakthrough in medicine?
dissected human bodies
Johannes Kepler proving planets move in oval paths how?
using mathematical formulas
who believe gov. power best divided among separate branches
Baron de Montesquieu
Isaac Newton’s book with theories about laws of gravity
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy/Principia
Credited helping sci. method?
Francis Bacon
first proposed sun was center of universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Time Period of Enlightenment
1600-1700
argued ppl should reply more on emotion that instinct?
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
imprisoned for publication of Encyclopedie
Denis Diderot
Why did Galileo recant own statements?
to avoid torture from catholic church
whos theories of anatomy did the works of andrew vealius and willam harvey disprove
Galen
2 individuals that made contributions to study of oxygen
Joseph Priestly and Antoine Lavoisier
Ellipses
an oval shaped path
system mathematics developed by isaac newton
calculus
fundamental biological units discovered by robert hooke?
cells
ppl who tried to transform base metals into precious metals
alchemists
form of government thomoas hobbes advocate
absolute monarchy
basis of the relationship between gov. and individuals
social contract
believed human nature was characterized by violence and order
thomas hobbes
2 ppl who opposed Enlightenment
Rousseau and Immanuel Kant
before taking english throne James was king of what country
Scotland
principle that states a person cannot be held in prison without just cause
habeus corpus
leader of parliaments forces, military dictator, and lord protector
oliver cromwell
2 countries the act of union unit in 1707
england and scotland