Scientific Revolution/English Civil War Flashcards
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