History for Carmine

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

• navigators and explorers

• Aquinas and his followers

• Plato and Aristotle

• the Church and ancient scholars

How did the Scientific Revolution change the ways of thinking in Europe?

• it stressed experimentation and observation

• it challenged classical assumptions

• it assumed mathematical laws governed nature and the universe

• all of the above

Aristotle

• created the heliocentric

• ancient Athenian philosopher, pupil of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great

• makes key advances in astronomy, discovery, and about planet surfaces

Galileo Galilei

• an English stateman and writer, urged scientists to experiments and then draw conclusions

• makes key advances in astronomy, discoveries about planet surfaces, supports heliocentric theory, 4 moons of Jupiter, and Sun spot

• interest in science, developed analytical geometry

Nicolaus Copernicus

• created the heliocentric theory

• ancient Athenian philosopher

• an English stateman and writer

Rene Descartes

• interest in science. Developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry

• created the heliocentric theory

• develops theory of motion

Isaac Newton

• ancient Athenian philosopher, pupil of Plato, teacher of Alexander the Great

• develops the theory of motion- states some forces rule motion of planets, matter in space, and earth

• created the heliocentric

Francis Bacon

• an English statesman and writer, urged scientists to experiment and then draw conclusions

• interest in science, developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry

• created the heliocentric theory

When Galileo published a book supporting the ideas of Copernicus

• he received royalties

• Newton accused him of plagiarism

• Pope Urban VII praised his work

• the Church ordered him to stand trial

How was the Scientific Revolution related to the Enlightenment?

• Enlightenment thinkers used natural laws to explain social order

• Enlightenment thinkers used natural law to explain science

• Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution used natural laws to explain science

• Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution used natural laws to explain social order