Unit 3 Flashcards
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The Scientific Revolution
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a period of great advancements in science that changed the way people looked at the world around them.
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The Importance of the Scientific Revolution
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The beginning of experimentation, observation and empirical data over tradition and accepted authority
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Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
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A polish-born intelectual who studied in Italy. Known for his publication “On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres” which theorized the orbiting of the sun we know today. Lead to him being rejected by most scholars
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Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)
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Late 1500s, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe set up an astronomical observatory (Prague). Accumulated years of raw data about the movement of stars and planets
