The Scientific Revolution, Wall, 2
About this set
Created by:
roboslobonator on January 6, 2012
Subjects:
Log in to favorite or report as inappropriate.
Order by
22 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Ptolemaic system | - -1) planets evolve around the earth; 2) planets evolve around the sun - - - |
| Geocentric | - -Belief that everything revolves around the Earth - - - |
| Tycho Brahe | Influenced by Copernicus; Built observatory and collected data on the locations of stars and planets for over 20 years; His limited knowledge of mathematics prevented him from making much sense out of the data. |
| Heliocentric | - -Theory that the sun is center of the universe - - - |
| Rationalism | - -Belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge - - - |
| Scientific Method | - -A method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses - - - |
| Scientific Revolution | - -When scientists began doing research in a new way using the scientific method -Era between 16th and 18th centuries - - |
| Galileo | -Italian astronomer and mathematician -Was the first to use a telescope to study the stars; demonstrated that different weights descend at the same rate; perfected the refracting telescope that enabled him to make many discoveries -(1564-1642) - - |
| Francis Bacon | -English politician and writer -Advocated that new knowledge was acquired through an inductive reasoning process (using specific examples to prove or draw conclusion from a general point) called empiricism; rejected Medieval view of knowledge based on tradition, believed it's necessary to collect data, observe, and draw conclusions. - - -This was the foundation of the scientific method |
| Isaac Newton | -English mathematician and scientist -Invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation, presented in Principia Mathematica (1687), was supposedly inspired by the sight of a falling apple. |
| Hypothesis | A proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations |
| Nicholas Copernicus | He believed in a heliocentric, or sun-centered, conception of the universe. He argued that the Sun was at the center of the universe. The planets revolved around the sun. |
| René Descartes | ... |
| Johannes Kepler | ... |
| Zacharias Janssen | ... |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | ... |
| Evangelista Torricelli | ... |
| Gabriel Fahrenheit | ... |
| Anders Celsius | ... |
| Andreas Vesalius | ... |
| Edward Jenner | ... |
| Robert Boyle | ... |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.