Scientific Revolution Flashcards
(15 cards)
Nicolaus copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish astronomer and mathematician who is known as the “father of modern astronomy”. He is best known for his controversial heliocentric model of the solar system.
Isaac newton
Was an English polymath which helped him make his discovery of gravity in 1666
Johannes Kepler
was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, writer on music, and natural philosopher. He discovered that the Earth and planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits,
William harvey
as an English physician who made influential contributions to anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely,
Andreas vesalius
Vesalius, considered as the founder of modern anatomy, had profoundly changed not only human anatomy, but also the intellectual structure of medicine.
Scientific revolution
an emphasis on abstract reasoning, quantitative thought, an understanding of how nature works, the view of nature as a machine, and the development of an experimental scientific method.
heliocentric hypothesis
a theory that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System. It also maintains that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Scientific method
the process of objectively establishing facts through testing and experimentation.
Telescope
a tubular instrument for viewing distant objects (as objects in outer space) by focusing light rays with mirrors or lenses.
Galileo
was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, and philosopher who made significant contributions to science, astronomy, physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy.
Anatomy
The study of the structure of a plant or animal. Human anatomy includes the cells, tissues, and organs that make up the body and how they are organized in the body.
Elliptical orbit
an oval-shaped path, like a slightly elongated circle.
Astrology
the study of the movements of the planets, sun, moon, and stars in the belief that these movements
Law of Gravity
states that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with force directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Law of Inertia
An object at rest remains at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
