Chapter 16: SCIENCE

Which is NOT a definition of science?

• A body of knowledge

• A method of inquiry

• The institutions that support them and their work

• A study of the evolution of life

What saw the emergence and confirmation of a sun-centered view of the solar system and brought new mathematical physics that confirmed this, established a method of inquiry, and emerged as a distinct branch of knowledge?

• Scientific Revolution

• Neoplatonests

• Copernican Revolution

• Renaissance Humanism

• Ptolemaics

What argued nature was a book written by its creator to reveal the ways of God to humanity?

• Scientific Revolution

• Neoplatonests

• Copernican Revolution

• Renaissance Humanism

• Ptolemaics

Which event challenged the early influences of Aristotle and Ptolemy, which had taught that the earth was the center of the universe (the new scientists were struggling as their observations proved otherwise)?

• Scientific Revolution

• Neoplatonests

• Copernican Revolution

• Renaissance Humanism

• Ptolemaics

Which placed a low value on natural philosophy, directing attention instead toward the recovery and study of classical antiquity?

• Scientific Revolution

• Neoplatonests

• Copernican Revolution

• Renaissance Humanism

• Ptolemaics

Who believed the stars and the planets orbited around the Earth in perfect circles?

• Scientific Revolution

• Neoplatonests

• Copernican Revolution

• Renaissance Humanism

• Ptolemaics

Name the Polish church official and astronomer who believed the Earth rotated on its axis and orbited with other planets around the sun.

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Name the Danish royalty who became an astronomer and later found a new star ('nova') and believed the planets orbited the sun, which orbited a stationary Earth.

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Name the scientist that believed everything in creation was created according to mathematical laws, also stating that planet orbits are elliptical and planet speed varied depending on their distance from the sun.

(a)  

Name the scientist who proved the model of Copernicus, created his own telescope, saw the moons of the planets and sunspots, and got close with the Medici family only to be denounced and placed on house arrest for the rest of his life because of his work.

(a)