Flashcards 9.2/9.3 the Scientific Revolution and Age of Reason

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The Scientific Revolution

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A period of great advances in science during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe.

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Age of Reason

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A time when people began to use reason to learn about the world, moving away from traditions and old writings.

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Medieval Scholars

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They laid the foundation for the advances made during the Scientific Revolution.

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Traditions and Old Writings

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Before the Age of Reason, people relied on these to understand the world.

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Tubalcain

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descendent of Cain who worked with brass and iron, Genesis 4

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Hippocrates

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A Greek physician known as the Father of Medicine.

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Hippocratic Oath

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An oath taken by many modern physicians, emphasizing "never do harm."

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Euclid

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Mathematician who wrote "Elements" and is known as the Father of Geometry.

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Euclid's "Elements"

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A geometry textbook that is the basis for modern geometry.

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Eratosthenes

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determined the distance around the earth and devised the lines of latitude and longitude found on maps today.

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