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Scientific Revolution |
A time between 1500 and 1700 when there was a major shift in the thinking on science |
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scientific method |
the methodthat consists of 5 steps in which we still use now. This method combines ligic, mathematics and observation. |
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rationalism |
belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge |
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geocentric |
having earth at the center |
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heliocentric |
having the sun at the center |
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Copernicus |
a polish scientist who proposed the heliocentric theory |
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Kepler |
German scientist that improved on Copernicus's theory by calculating the paths/orbits of the planet that agreed with the observations |
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Newton |
he discovered the law of gravity and that it pulled object toward it and that the strength depended on the mass and distance of the object |
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Bacon |
An English philosopher that outline a method of scientific investigation that depended on close observation invented some of the scientifc method |
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Descartes |
a french philosopher that prized logic and mathematics and saw the physical universe followed the laws of math and had a theory and invented some of the scientific method |
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Galileo |
He added onto the heliocentric theory and spread it which converted many scientists |
