The Scientific Revolution Review

Ptolemy

along with Aristotle, this man developed a model that showed the earth at the center of the universe - this became Catholic Church doctrine for over a thousand years

Galen

ancient Greek physician who's research on human anatomy went unchallenged for over a thousand years until Andreas Vesalius

heresy

belief opposite of the catholic church

heliocentric

belief that the sun is at the center of the universe

Andreas Vesalius

by illegally dissecting human bodies, he became the father of human anatomy (2 words)

recant

to give up one's views, especially ones considered heretical

Johannes Kepler

German astronomer who explained planets revolve around the sun and in ellipses (2 words)

scientific revolution

a new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science

hypothesis

a possible explanation made on the basis of limited evidence - part of the scientific method

Galileo Galilei

he defended Copernicus, discovered the four moons of Jupiter and was forced by the Catholic Church to recant his views (2 words)

Francis Bacon

he stressed the use of experiments and observation in seeking knowledge, helping to develop the scientific method

Robert Boyle

in addition to discovering oxygen, this scientist established chemistry as a pure science (2 words)

Rene Descartes

one of the fathers of modern philosophy who deducted one unshakable truth, "I think, therefore I am" (2 words)

Nicholas Copernicus

out of fear of the Catholic Church, this man didn't publish his observations about his heliocentric views until on his deathbed (2 words)

Isaac Newton

scientists who discovered the law of gravity (2 words)

scientific method

steps to find scientific truth through observation and experiments (2 words)

geocentric

the belief that the earth is at the center of the universe

gravity

the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun