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chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ptolemy | disagreed with Artistotle |
| Plotemaic system | the universe is a series of concentric systems |
| geocentric | Earth is in the center of the universe |
| heliocentric | sun-centered, universe |
| galileo | taught mathematics |
| Newton | showed few signs of brilliance attended Cambridge |
| universal law of gravitation | explains why planetary bodies do not go in straight lines. |
| Padua | university of good chemistry |
| Robert Boyle | one of the scientists to conduct controlled experiments |
| Margaret Cavendish | came from an aristocratic family. |
| Maria Winkelmann | recieved training in astronomy from a self taught astronomer |
| rationalism | system of thought is based on belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge. |
| scientific method | a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence. |
| Francis Bacon | an English philosopher |