Scientific Revolution
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ayyowuzgood on June 11, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Geocentric Theory | Sun and all planets revolve around the earth |
| Scientific Revolution | A time where people proposed new ideas and went about experimenting and studying reasoning to prove these ideas |
| Scientific Method | a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses |
| Rene Descartes | Key person in the scientific method, all about reason |
| Isaac Newton | Developed calculus, created law of universal gravitation |
| Galileo Galilei | Created first telescope, came to conclusion heleocentric theory was true |
| Heliocentric Theory | All planets revolve around the sun |
| Nicolaus Copernicus | Created heliocentric theory |
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