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Scientific Rev.

Scientific Revolution People and Terms By: Tyshon and Mark

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Ptolemy Egyptian astronomer who thinks that earth is in the center of the Solar system.
Rationalism is knowledge based on reason
Galileo Galilei Italian scientist who, redesign the telescope
Geocentric Earth-centered universe
Heliocentric Sun-centered universe
Johannes Kepler German mathematician showed that planets ellipses.
Ellipses Oval orbits
Excommunication Thrown out of a church or group.
Heresy Anti-Church teachings
Rene Descartes French mathematician, he added to Bacon work, founder of rationalism, He said,”I think, therefore I am.”
Scientific Method a new approach to studying the world.
Astronomers scientists who study the motions of stars and planets.
Francis Bacon English thinker came up with the scientific method.
Nicolaus Copernicus Polish mathematician, who came up with the sun-centered universe.
Isaac Newton Scientist who use reason, use the scientific method, invented the calculus, he discover the laws of motion(gravity). found out that white light is made of color
Revolution a sweeping change in science
Hypothesis explanation of the data
William Harvey England scientist who discover circulation( the pumping of blood by the heart)
Robert Hooke England scientist who discover cells(small structures that make up living tissues)
Robert Boyle Ireland scientist who discover definition of elements(materials that cannot be broken down), composition of composition of air(a mixture of gases)
Joseph Priestly England scientist who discovered oxygen(one of the gases that make up air), principle of combustion(the union of flammable materials and oxygen).
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