WC Unit 5 - Scientific Revolution

The scientific revolution began with questions about the science of....

What is heliocentrism?

What is the "old science" that mixed astronomy and magic?

What are the two new learning methods that humanists relied on?

Because of the Republic of Letters, WHO is ultimately responsible for creating and verifying knowledge?

Who is considered to be the "leader of the scientific revolution"?

What device did Galileo invent (as far as he new)?

This term means that a book or article has been thoroughly double-checked by other experts.

What is the "old science" that was a mix of chemistry and magic?

What can science measure?

Which new invention measures temperature?

Galileo discovered this about the Earth?

Which new invention measures objects that are small?

Who used mathematics to prove that planetary orbits move in the shape of an ellipse (oval)?

"I think, therefore I am" represents this idea:

Which new invention measures air pressure?

Who came up with "universal gravitation?"

What was Newton's famous and important book?

Which new invention measures objects far away?

Francis Bacon argued that knowledge can only come through...

Which Greek scientist came up with the idea of geocentrism?

What is the name for the historic event where we changed the way we determined facts?

What scientific term refers to the force that holds planets in their orbits?

The inquisition forced Galileo to do this...

Who officially adopted geocentrism as the official explanation of the universe?

What very important new idea did Descartes come up with?

What was Descartes famous book?

Descartes compared the universe to this:

During the 1700s, European thought was dominated by....

HOW does science measure? How do we get information inside our brains?

How do we measure time?

New scientific ideas were published in these periodicals.

What idea did Copernicus come up with?

The purpose of "double-checking" was to make results more....

What is geocentrism?

What religious body did Galileo have to face?

The Inquisition convicted Galileo of this religious "crime"

The Scientific Revolution was spread by these new social groups.