Scientific Revolution

1) Growth in secularism 2) Growth in faith of human achievement 3) Growth of skepticism

What are 3 long term legacies that resulted from the Scientific Revolution?

C- Rene Decartes

Cogito ergo sum reflects the process of logical deduction and is associated with:

D- to provide an intellectual springboard for criticism of the then dominant geocentric view position of the earth

Copernicus' main contribution to the Scientific Revolution was:

Newton- wouldn't be able to do what he does w/o Copernicus' discoveries

"I arrived here on the backs of Giants". Who said this what does this have to do with the scientific method?

Scientists can explain the physical universe through calculus and mechanics. Superstition became unnecessary.

"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night/ God said 'Let Newton be and all was light" How does the quote capture the change from medieval to modern science and related to God?

1) Decline in the authority of religious authorities to explain the physical world 2) Decline and eventual destruction of Aristotle as the sole source informing the worldview

How did the Scientific Revolution change attitudes toward traditional sources if authority?

B- a Lessing role of war in international policy between nations

Each of the following is a major result of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment EXCEPT:

E- articulating theories of the scientific method

Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon contributed to scientific development in the 17th century by:

E- imposition of important incremental small changes over time Desire to pose new kinds of questions and to use new models of investigation

The Scientific Revolution developed from:

Aristole and Ptolemy

The Scientific Revolution overturned the accepted ideas of which the follwing?

A- in the fusion of mathematical astronomy w/ empirical date and observation

The key to the FUTURE development of the Copernican revolution lay:

E- the science of mechanics

The model of the universe which resulted from the scientific work of Galileo and Newton embraced:

1) Steam engine revolutionized industry and transportation 2) Navigation equipment and latitude and longitude charting 3) Microscope aided in the medical sciences

What are 3 specific contributions from the Scientific Revolution and show how each changed the world

D- Galilei Galileo

Who was charged for supporting Copernican theory?