Scientific Revolution Flashcards

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Belief that the sun is at the center of the universe

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Heliocentric

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Scientist who discovered the law of gravity

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Newton

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The belief that the earth is at the center of the universe

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Geocentric

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The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

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Gravity

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A new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science

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Scientific revolution

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To give up one's views

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Recant

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A possible explanation

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Hypothesis

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Scientist who explained planets revolve around the sun and in ellipses

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Kepler

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He discovered four moons of Jupiter and that they orbited around Jupiter

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Galileo

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Father of modern philosophy who deduced "I think, therefore I am"

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Rene Descartes