WC Unit 5 - Scientific Revolution

The inquisition forced Galileo to do this...

What very important new idea did Descartes come up with?

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

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

Which new invention measures objects far away?

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

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

What was Newton's famous and important book?

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

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

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

Which new invention measures objects that are small?

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

What idea did Copernicus come up with?

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

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

Which Greek scientist came up with the idea of geocentrism?

Galileo discovered this about the Earth?

The Inquisition convicted Galileo of this religious "crime"

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

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

Who came up with "universal gravitation?"

Which new invention measures temperature?

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

What religious body did Galileo have to face?

Descartes compared the universe to this:

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

What was Descartes famous book?

What can science measure?

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

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

What is heliocentrism?

How do we measure time?

What is geocentrism?

Which new invention measures air pressure?

New scientific ideas were published in these periodicals.

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

The Scientific Revolution was spread by these new social groups.