Newton's Principia

Which Classical thinker argued that disease was not supernatural but rather natural with natural treatments?

• Hippocrates

• Eratosthenes

• Euclid

• Vesalius

• Paracelsus

Which early scientist is considered the Father of modern chemistry and articulated ideas like the Law of the Conservation of Matter?

• Robert Boyle

• Edmond Halley

• Antoine Lavoisier

• Copernicus

• Andreas Vesalius

Isaac Newton is best known for which of the following ideas?

• Universal Law of Gravitation

• Three Law of Motion

• Law of the Conservation of Matter

• Universal Gas Laws

• Heliocentrism

Which European thinkers helped establish the idea of Heliocentrism?

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Edmond Halley

Which European scientist argued that the human body was mostly chemicals and could be treated with chemicals?

• Eratosthenes

• Paracelsus

• Andreas Vesalius

• Antoine Lavoisier

Which Classical thinker is considered the father of geometry?

• Hippocrates

• Eratosthenes

• Euclid

• Vesalius

• Paracelsus

What is NOT a connection between the Protestant and Scientific Revolutions?

• they both rejected a belief in the supernatural in favor of naturalistic explanations

• they both challenged centuries-old traditions and ideas

• they both emphasized the power and influence of the individual

• they both insisted upon external evidences to support ideas and theories

T/F Most early scientists were Christians?

• True

• False

T/F Christians saw the emergence of science as a challenge to faith in the Biblical and the supernatural.

• True

• False

Who's ideas did Galileo challenge when he showed that unequal masses fell at the same rate?

• Euclid

• Aristotle

• Eratosthenes

• Hippocrates