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7.03 Scientific Revolution
7.03 Scientific Revolution
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This French mathematician stressed the importance of using math as the most reliable way to acquire knowledge.
Vesalius
Bacon
Copernicus
Descartes
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This English philosopher believed that observation & experimentation were the most reliable ways to acquire knowledge.
Descartes
Vesalius
Bacon
Copernicus
3
What is true about Isaac Newton?
Developed the Laws of Motion
Professor of mathematics at Cambridge Uiversity
Developed a theory on universal gravitation
Discovered light separated into colors when directed through prism
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Theory that states the
Earth
is the center of the universe.
Heliocentric
Geocentric
GeoHelioWhatio
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Theory that states the
sun
is the center of the universe.
Heliocentric
Geocentric
GeoHelioWhatio
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Which mathematician lived during the 1500s and concluded that the Earth revolves around the sun?
Galen
Vesalius
Ptolemy
Copernicus
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What is true about Galileo?
Gifted mathematician at the age of 25.
Designed a telescope 10x more powerful than was used in the past.
Recanted (took back) his original ideas on astronomy
Developed an improved compass and the thermometer
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A period following the Renaissance, when old ideas were being questioned & new ones were put forth.
Intelligentium
New Sciences
Age of Brains
Scientific Revolution
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Which physician lived during the 1500s and studied human anatomy using human bodies?
Galen
Copernicus
Vesalius
Ptolemy