Reporting Quiz - Scientific Revolution Flashcards
Who emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding
Rene Descartes
A model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe.
Heliocentric Model
A method used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis
Scientific Method
He emphasized direct human dissection over animal dissection
Andreas Vesalius
He credited with discovering element of hydrogen
Henry Cavendish
The first woman to win Nobel prize in physics and chemistry
Marie Curie
She is acknowledged as the first programmer
Ada Lovelace
Who developed the ties between physics and astronomy through his law of universal gravitation?
Isaac Newton
Who challenged the Aristotelian model?
Tycho Brahe
Who is the father of modern observational astronomy?
Galileo Galilei
