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CHAPTER 20 SCIENCE REVOLUTION
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10th Grade
09/07/2008

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NICOLAS COPERNICUS
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PROPOSED that the planets revolved around the sun.
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JOHANNES KAPLER
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said the planets travel in oval paths called ELLIPES.
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GALILLEO GALLILEI
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PROVED that the planets revolved around the sun, invented the telescope, developed law of Physics.
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FRANCIS BACON
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developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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RENE DESCARTES
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truth can only be reached through reason.
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ISSAC NEWTON
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discovered GRAVITY. Invented CALCULUS
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ANDREAS VESALIUS
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DISSECTED HUMANS to learn about ANATOMY.
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WILLIAM HARVEY
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BLOOD is pumped by the HEART and circulates through the body.
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ROBERT HOOKE
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discovers the cell.
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ROBERT BOYLE
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established CHEMISTRY as a PURE SCIENCE proved air was made up of a MIXTURE OF ELEMENTS.
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JOSEPH PRIESTLY
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discovered OXYGEN (also invented carbonated drinks.)
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ANTOINE LAVOISIER
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discovered the NATURE OF COMBUSTION.
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HUGE GROTIUS
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developed an INTERNATIONAL CODE based on natural law
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VOLITAIRE
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DEFENDED FREE SPEECH AND FREE RELIGION.
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IMMANUEL KANT
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REASONS COULD NOT ANSWER PORBLEMS OF METAPHYSICS.
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JOHN WESLEY
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stressed the value of a personal religious expirience. Established Methodism.
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HYPOTHESIS
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theories that attemp to explain a set of facts on study and observations.
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ellipses
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path that is oval where planets revolve on.
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD
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method made of several steps to prove a testable hypothesis
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CALCULUS
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system of mathematics that calculates changing forces or quantities.
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ALCHEMIST
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people who practiced Alchemy.
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NATURAL LAW
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physical laws could be understood by applying reason. (universal law)
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NATURAL RIGHTS
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rights belonging to all humans from birth
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PACIFISM
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opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes.
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DEISM
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religion that exploited peoples ignorance and superstitions.
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Philosophe
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FRENCH FOR PHILOSOPHER
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SALON
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gatherings in homes of wealthy patrons
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ENLIGHTED DESPOT
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Rulers who sought to govern by enlightenment principals while maintaining power
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CLASSICISM
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to greek and romans it represented ultimate order and reason
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METAPHYSICS
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Branch of philosophe that deals with spiritual issues such as the existance of GOD.
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ROMANTICISM
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cultural movement that celebrated emotion and the individual.
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BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
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-developed idea of separating the government powers.
-powers should be divded equally between three branches of government
-three branches-
legislative(makes laws)
executive(enforces laws)
Judicial (interprets laws to see if violated)
influenced the American Revolution
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THOMAS HOBBES
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-believed man to be naturally violent and cruel.
-people should form an agreement to give up their liberty and live obediantly under an absolute ruler who makes laws and keeps them peaceful
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JOHN LOCKE
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-man is naturally good
-man should form own government with an agreement
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