Chapter 3

How did Isaac 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 was unified into one coherent system.

What was the core concept of the Enlightenment?

The methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke claimed that

human development is determined by education and society.

Copernicus's theory of the universe

postulated a sun-centered view of the universe.

Although perhaps best known as the longtime companion of Voltaire, Gabriel-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet, published

the first translation of Newton's Principia into French.