Scientific Revolution Set 1

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Geocentric Theory

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In the Middle Ages, the view which held that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.

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Scientific Revolution

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A new way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.

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Heliocentric Theory

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The idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.

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Galileo Galilei

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Italian scientist who invented the first working telescope; his discoveries put him into conflict with the Roman Catholic Church.

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Scientific Method

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Logical procedure for gathering information and testing ideas.

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Isaac Newton

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English scientist who discovered laws of motion and gravity.

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Deism

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Enlightenment belief that God created the universe and then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws.