Scientific Revolution

Who was one of the fathers of modern philosophy who deducted one unshakable truth, "I think, therefore I am?"

• Robert Boyle

• Rene Descartes

• William Harvey

• Francis Bacon

Copernicus proposed which of the following?

• The sun travels around the Earth

• The Earth travels around the sun

• Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

• The Earth is the center of the universe

Andreas Vesalius achieved his breakthrough discoveries by

• illegally dissecting human bodies

• trying to transform metals into gold

• experimenting with the properties of air

• explaining heliocentric views of the universe

Who established chemisty as a pure science?

• Robert Boyle

• William Harvey

• Isaac Newton

• Frances Bacon

Which of the following stressed the use of experiments and observation in seeking knowledge?

• Bacon

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Petrarch

Which of the following first demonstrated that blood circulates through the human bod continuously?

• Robert Boyle

• William Harvey

• Isaac Newton

• Frances Bacon