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HIST 1301 F 2018 Scientific Revolution
HIST 1301 F 2018 Scientific Revolution
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history of science and technology 15th-17th centuries
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1
Bacon believed that lack of progress was due to ....
lack of skill
lack of knowledge
lack of application
lack of imagination
2
This Englishman published the Novum (New) Organum in 1620
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
Roger Bacon
3
What does Organum mean?
Organic
Tool or instrument
knowledge
Biological organism
4
This Renaissance anatomist combined print technology, Renaissance art and anatomical discovery.
Johanes Gutenberg
Leonardo daVinci
Andreas Vesalius
Robert Boyle
5
Galileo's drawings of the moon were revolutionary because:
It demonstrated the perfection of the cosmos
The moon was not a perfect sphere
There was a face on the moon
he moon was bigger than previously thought
6
This French thinker tried to replace Aristotelianism with his own system.
Francois Poulain
Rene Descartes
Andreas Vesalius
Voltaire
7
Francis Bacon wrote that truths needed to be discovered "from the light of nature, not _______"
..believed because other men tell us."
...tortured from the submission of nature."
...learned in schools."
...taken from the shadows of antiquity"
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The Novum Organum challenged ancient authority, systems and methods. Organum means:
Inquisition
Tool
Method
Book
9
This frontispiece to Spratt's History of the Royal Society depicts Brouckner, Charles II and:
Robert Boyle
Robert Hooke
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
10
Did Descartes believe you could trust your senses?
Yes
No
11
The 3 men pictured on the
History of the Royal Society
are W. Brouckner, Charles II and _____.
Rene Descartes
Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle
Francis Bacon
12
Who designed the mitre gates that were used in pound locks?
da Vinci
Harvey
Newton
Fabrici
13
Who published The Starry Messenger in 1610?
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Copernicus
14
The systems of both __ and __ are dualistic ( 2 materials: matter and soul, make the universe).
Aristotle, Bacon
Plato, Descartes
Plato, Bacon
Aristotle, Descartes
15
The Royal Society of ____________ for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was founded in 1662.
Paris
London
Stockholm
Greece
16
This image is from
Hooke'sMicrographia
Lamark'sZoological Philosophy
Linnaeus'sSystem of Nature
Diderot'sEncylcopedie
17
Who lived the earliest?
Newton
Bacon
Galileo
Descartes
18
The Royal Society of London's Coat of Arms reads “Nullius in verba” which means:
Take nobody's word for it
Nothing but truth
Reason will prevail
Trust only your mind
19
This image is from the revolutionary text:
Principia
On the Fabric of the Human Body
Encyclopedie de Diderot
Micrographia
20
What was the
Aeolipile,
designed by Heron of Alexandria?
The first automaton
The earliest steam powered machine
A complex device for telling time
A mechanical figurine of a lady who plays the lute.
21
Who is credited with the discovery and description of the circulation of blood?
Bacon
ibn Sinna
Harvey
Fabrici
22
Which was founded first? (In 1660)
British Association for the Advancement of Science
Royal Society of London
Royal Institution
Academie des Sciences
