Chapter 22 Section 1 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Scientific revolution
A new way of thinking about the natural world
Nicolaus Copernicus
Astronomer
Heliocentric
Sun-centered
Johannes Kepler
Tycho brahe assistant brilliant mathematician
Galileo galilei
Italian student
Scientific method
Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
Francis bacon
English politician and writer
Rene Descartes
Developed analytical geometry
Issac Newton
Helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion