Ap euro Ch 16

The most influential idea of Rene Descartes' theories of nature was that

The universe functioned in a mechanical fashion

How did the government respond to the new science

They established academies of science to support and sometimes direct scientific research

What was the primary goal of Galileo galilei's experimental method

To discover what actually occurred in nature rather than to speculate on what should occur

The discipline of natural philosophy focused on

fundamental questions about the nature, purpose, and function of the universe.

Galileo was placed on trial for heresy owing to publication of

Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World

Francis Bacon formalized the research methods of Tycho Brahe and Galileo into a theory of reasoning known as

Empiricism

How did issac Newton's law of universal gravitation bring the scientific revolution to maturity

It synthesized mathematics with physics and astronomy to demonstrate that the entire universe unified into one coherent system

Copernicus's theory of the universe

Postulated a sun-centered view of the universe

Which country spearheaded the trend in scientific expeditions

Spain

Johannes Kepler believed that the elliptical orbit of planets

produced a musical harmony of heavenly bodies