history102 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is the contribution Nicholas Copernicus made? | Proposes heliocentric theory On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres |
Nicholas Copernicus Challenge to traditional way of perceiving universe | Disproves the theory of geocentric universe |
What is the contribution Tycho Brahe made? | Builds observatory, observes comet that passes through the "crystals" between the planets and crystalline spheres |
Tycho Brahe Challenge to traditional way of perceiving the universe? | disproves the crystalline sphere theory |
What is the contribution Johannes Kepler made? | Discovers that planets move in elliptical orbits |
Johannes Kepler Challenge to traditional way of perceiving the universe | Dispels the idea that planets move in perfect circular orbits |
What is the contribution Galileo Galilei made? | Observations made through the telescope in The Starry Messenger reveal that the celestial bodies have imperfections(moon has craters, Jupiter has moons, sun has spots) |
Galileo Gallilei Challenge to traditional way of perceiving the universe | Dispels idea that heavenly bodies are perfect/unblemished |
What is the contribution Sir Isaac Newton made? | Formulates mechanical laws of motion to explain why planets orbit rather than fly into space or crash into the sun in Principia Mathematica (1687) |
Sir Isaac Newton Challenge to traditional way of perceiving the universe | his idea of universal laws of motion dispels the idea that there is a separate set of laws that govern the heavens and the Earth |
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