The Scientific Revolution Test flash cards

Set: The Scientific Revolution Test

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	Term	Definition
	Scientific Revolution	A time between 1500 and 1700 when there was a major shift in the thinking on science
	scientific method	the methodthat consists of 5 steps in which we still use now. This method combines ligic, mathematics and observation.
	rationalism	belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge
	geocentric	having earth at the center
	heliocentric	having the sun at the center
	Copernicus	a polish scientist who proposed the heliocentric theory
	Kepler	German scientist that improved on Copernicus's theory by calculating the paths/orbits of the planet that agreed with the observations
	Newton	he discovered the law of gravity and that it pulled object toward it and that the strength depended on the mass and distance of the object
	Bacon	An English philosopher that outline a method of scientific investigation that depended on close observation invented some of the scientifc method
	Descartes	a french philosopher that prized logic and mathematics and saw the physical universe followed the laws of math and had a theory and invented some of the scientific method
	Galileo	He added onto the heliocentric theory and spread it which converted many scientists

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