The Scientific Revolution: Crash Course History of Science #12

When did the Scientific Revolution in Europe approximately take place?

• From the mid-1500s to 1700

• From 1800 to 1850

• From 1300 to 1500

• From 1700 to 1900

Who wrote 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'?

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Thomas Kuhn

• Galileo Galilei

What term describes the kind of knowledge that scientists make most of the time?

• Anomalies

• Paradigm

• Normal science

• Revolution

Who argued for heliocentrism 166 years before Copernicus?

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicole Oresme

• Aristotle

In what year did Copernicus first write about heliocentrism in his 'Commentariolus'?

• 1600

• 1377

• 1514

• 1543

What was Copernicus's major work that outlined his heliocentric theory?

• De revolutionibus orbium cœlestium

• The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

• Narratio prima

• Livre du ciel et du monde

Which ancient Greek astronomer had a heliocentric model before Copernicus?

• Aristarchus of Samos

• Euclid

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

What was the motto of the Royal Society?

• Cogito, ergo sum

• E pur si muove

• Nullius in verba

• Veni, vidi, vici

Who was known for inventing calculus during the Scientific Revolution?

• Thomas Kuhn

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

What did the 'Scientific Revolution' signify in terms of knowledge?

• A shift from a Christian to a secular concept of knowledge

• The rejection of all ancient knowledge

• The end of the use of mathematics in science

• The beginning of the use of the scientific method