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Scientific Revolutio

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Ptolemy?   Greek astronomer, taught earth was center of the universe  
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Nicolas Copernicus?   On the revolution of the heavenly spheres  
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Heliocentric?   Sun created/ sun center of universe  
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What if Ptolemy was wrong?   Then the church should be questioned  
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Tycho Brahe?   Studied the sky for years collecting data  
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Johannes Kepler?   Calculated orbits of the plants revolving around the sun, showed planets do not move in a perfect circle, but-oval orbit  
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Galileo (Accomplishments) ?   Used telescope to observe moons around Jupiter  
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Galileo (Trouble Church) ?   Challenged the idea that the heavens are fixed, unmoving, perfect  
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Galileo (1633 trials)?   Threatened with death in less he started publicly that the earth is the center of the universe  
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Scientific Method?   Scientist did not rely of authority or the bible, but relied on observations and experimentation  
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Francis Bacon?   Believed observations and experiments could make life better for people  
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Rene Descartes?   Believed human reasoning was best road to understanding "I think, therefore I am"  
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Newton ties it all together?   Explained why planets move.  
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Gravity ?   A single force which keeps planets in their orbit.  
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Laws?   All motion in the universe can be measured and described mathematically  
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What is a revolution?   Marked by great and violent change, to change completely.  
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What id the enlightenment ?   Time of thinking about welfare of society, freedom of individual  
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