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Middle Ages ……… “Natural philosophers”- medieval scientists didn’t observe natural world. used ancients (ex: Aristotle) –scientific knowledge.
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Renaissance Impact Mastery of Greek & Latin. Study ancients (Ptolemy, Archimedes & Plato). Contradicted Aristotle-caused questioning New technology & mathematics problems require observation & accurate measurements telescope & microscope printing press Mathematics
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new view of universe. The Ptolemaic System (Middle Ages) geocentric -Earth center of universe.( church view) Spheres- God controlled 10 th sphere “prime mover.” Outside 10 th sphere= heaven Say what !!!!
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Nicolas Copernicus universe –heliocentric (sun centered) Earth Rotated on axis Johannes Kepler laws of planetary motion. planets –elliptical orbits (egg shaped) Galileo telescope Proved sun center of universe & Planets not orbs of light-solid matter Angered church.
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3 laws of motion –control planets universal law of gravitation- explains elliptical orbit around sun. world machine concept- Natural law controlled the universe.
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Galen-Middle Ages physician Dissected animals Liver began blood circulation (wrong) William Harvey & Andreas Vesalius Dissected people Harvey - Heart- beginning of blood circulation Vesalius- identified organs
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Robert Boyle Boyle’s law Gas volume varies with pressure Antoine Lavoisier Founder of modern Chemistry invented naming chemical elements
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Margaret Cavendish (philosopher) Disagreed humans master nature through science Maria Winkelmann. astronomer-discovered a comet
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Rene Descartes Father of Rationalism Reason = Knowledge (ability to think & conclude) Wrote about doubt & uncertainty believed what reason said was true “I think. Therefore I am.” His existence
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Francis Bacon Learn about nature using inductive reasoning- start with detailed facts & move towards general principles. Scientific method- systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence.
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Sun-centered model of the universe Heliocentric He developed laws of planetary motion Kepler His observations suggested that planets had substance. Galileo
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Francis Bacon, who developed the scientific method, was also what? Philosopher This included a systematic procedure, based on collecting and analyzing evidence, and crucial to the evolution of science. Scientific method
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Egg-shaped Elliptical Law of universal attraction Gravity Proceeding from the particular to the general is called what? Inductive reasoning
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Rene Descartes believed in one absolute truth, which was? His own existence Rationalism is the belief that reason is the chief source of what? knowledge
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