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The Rise of Heliocentrism
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The rise of heliocentrism through the contributions of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton
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Who was the first to offer mathematical support for a heliocentric model?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
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Who was able to prove Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion?
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Galileo denied his request for a telescope, so he built his own improved version
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668, improving upon Galileo and Kepler's design
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who put forth a geocentric model of the solar system which bears his name?
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Claudius Ptolemy
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Whose publication was banned by the Church, 73 years after his death?
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
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Who is considered to be the founder of modern astronomy?
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who compared the geocentric and heliocentric model, clearly favoring the heliocentric model?
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
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Whose publication laid the foundations of classical mechanics?
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Whose publication is considered to be the beginning of the Scientific Revolution?
Sir Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who was officially warned by the Church not to defend the Copernican system?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
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His laws provided the foundation for Newton, who later proved this astronomer's third law
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
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Who stated Three Laws of Planetary Motion?
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
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Often called the "father of modern physics" because of his book "Two New Sciences"
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Who died shortly after being published and ultimately avoided persecution by the Church?
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
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Whose geocentric model went relatively unchallenged until the 16th century?
Johannes Kepler
Claudius Ptolemy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
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Who stated his three laws of motion in "Principia"?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
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Who formulated the Law of Universal Gravitation?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
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Who was sentenced to imprisonment and later to house arrest?
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton
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Whose publication was banned by the Church just one year after it was published?
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
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Would never have published "Principia" if not for determination of Edmond Halley
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
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While under house arrest, published "Two New Sciences" discussing kinematics and strength of materials
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Sir Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
