Ch16ScientificRev
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| The scientific revolution of the 17th century | although an innovative phase in western thinking, was based upon the intellecutal and scientific accomplishments of previous centuries
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| The origins of the Scientific revolution can be traced to | the work of a very small number of great European intellectuals
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| all of the following are considered possible influences and causes of the scientific revolution except | the practical knowledge and technical skills emphasized by 16th century universities
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| which of these ancient authorities was not relied on by medieval scholars? | galileo
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| According to Leonardo da Vinci, what subject was key to understanding the nature of things? | Mathematics
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| Scholars devoted to Hermeticism | saw the world as a living embodiment of divinity where humans could use mathematics and magic to dominate nature
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| the general conception of the universe before copernicus was that the | earth was stationary center and heavenly spheres orbited it
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| the greatest achievements in science during the 16th and 17th centuries cam in what three areas? | astronomy, mechanics, and medicine
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| The ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as | the geocentric conception
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| Copernicus's helicentric theory was | based on the observations of several ancient astronomers and his own computations
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| the immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of copernicus was | the calling of the council of dort by protestants and catholics to question the astronomer
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| The first european to make systematic observations of the heavens by telescope was | galileo
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| Tycho Brahe | recorded astronomical data from the observatory he built at Uraniborg castle
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| Isaac NEwtons scientific discoveris]es | although readily accepted in his own country, were resisted on the continent
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| One of the dramatic findings of Galileo's observations was that | planets were not made of some perfect substance but had natural properties similar to the earth
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| In Newton's principia he demonstrated through his rules of reasoning that the universe was | a regulated machine operating according the universal laws
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| Newtons universal law of gravitation proved that | through its mathematical proof it could explain all motion in the universe
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| Among the following, who is not associated with major changes in 16th and 17th century medical research | galen
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| William Harvey's on the motion of the heart and blood refuted the ideas of | the liver as the beginning of the circulation of the blood
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| the role of women in the Scientific Revolution is illustrated by | Margret cavendish who participated in her day's scientific debates
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| the philosophy of Rene Descartes | stressed a separation of mind and matter
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| in his work Pensees, Pascal | attempted to convinve rationalists that Christianity was valid by appealing to their reason and emotions
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| FOr blaise pascal humans | could not understanding infinity, only God could
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| The scientific societies of early moder Europe established the first | scientific journals appearing regularly
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