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A. Albert Einstein
B. Aristotle
C. Michael Faraday |
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Definition
Although his work on the Manhattan Project was minimal, his equation
e=m(c squared) shows that the splitting of an atom would release incredible energy. |
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A. Marie Curie
B. James Maxwell
C. Aristotle |
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Definition
| Believed that slavery was the natural order of the universe. |
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A.Sir Isaac Newton
B.Aristotle
C.Galileo Galilei |
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Definition
| Believed in a Prime Mover who put all the forces of Nature into action |
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A.Aristotle
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| Believed the Earth is stationary and that the sun and the planets revolve around it. |
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A.Galileo Galilei
B.James Maxwell
C.Aristotle |
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Definition
| A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. |
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A.Aristotle
B.Sir Isaac Newton
C.Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Definition
| His philosophy was that things were imperfect on earth but perfect in the heavens. |
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Term
A.The Inquisition
B.The careful Method
C.The Scientific Method |
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Definition
| One achievement that has been attributed to the Greeks is the creation of this method of observation and conclusion based on rational explanations. |
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Term
A.Marie Curie
B.Leonardo da Vinci
C.John Dalton |
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Definition
| Lived at a time when art, and science flourished in Italy |
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A.Leonardo da Vinci
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| Wrote much of his work in mirror code--probably for fear of Inquisitors. |
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Term
A.Jealousy
B.Amnesty
C.Heresy |
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Definition
| Any opinion or belief that disagrees with the established religious beliefs. |
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Term
A.Inquisitive
B.Inquisition
C.Inquiry |
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Definition
| Former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy. |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Definition
| Was left handed at a time when some believed left handed people were servants of the devil. |
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A.Leonardo Da Vinci
B.Michael Faraday
C.Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Definition
| Illegitimate child of a peasant woman and a wealthy notary. |
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Term
A.Galileo Galilei
B.Leonardo Da Vinci
C.James Maxwell |
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Definition
| Among his many sketches were prototypes of the helicopter and SCUBA. |
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Term
A.Aristotle
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Sir Isaac Newton |
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Definition
| Known as the founder of the Heliocentric Planetary Theory |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Aristotle
C.Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Definition
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Term
A.Nicolaus Copernicus
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| His book, On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres was not published until after his death to protect him from suffering as a heretic. This book was banned by the church in 1616. |
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Term
A.The American Revolution
B.The French Revolution
C.The scientific revolution |
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Definition
| This revolution challenged man's place as the center of the universe. |
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A.Sir Isaac Newton
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Albert Einstein |
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Definition
| Forced by the Spanish Inquisition to recant (take back) his theories about planetary motion and falling objects. |
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A.Galileo Galilei
B.John Dalton
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| His observations of other planets using a telescope showed that the earth could not be the center of the universe. |
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A.Galileo Galilei
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Definition
| Argued that he was not questioning the truth of the scriptures but rather man's understanding of what the scriptures say. |
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Term
A.Aristotle
B.Johannes Kepler
C.Galileo Galilei |
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Definition
| Spent the last of his days under house arrest. |
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Term
A.Aristotle
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Definition
| Came from a Noble family and was a friend of Pope Urban VIII |
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Term
A.Galileo Galilei
B.Sir Isaac Newton
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| His discoveries about pendulums and falling bodies were just as important as his contributions to astronomy |
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Term
A.Johannes Kepler
B.Marie Curie
C.Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Definition
| Father was a mercenary and mother stood trial as a witch |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Johannes Kepler
C.Galileo Galilei |
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Definition
| Known for his three laws of planetary motion. |
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Term
A.John Dalton
B.Leonardo Da Vinci
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| Wrote what could be called one of the first science fiction books called Somnium about a man who travels to the moon in a dream. |
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Term
A.Johannes Kepler
B.Sir Isaac Newton
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| Although a religious man who almost became a Priest, his Lutheran faith brought him much persecution. |
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Term
A.Nicolaus Copernicus
B.James Maxwell
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| Although he and Galileo knew each other through correspondence they never actually met. |
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Term
A.Johannes Kepler
B.Sir Isaac Newton
C.John Dalton |
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Definition
| Was born on Christmas day in 1642, the same year Galileo died. |
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Term
A.Aristotle
B.Sir Isaac Newton
C.Albert Einstein |
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Definition
| Was supposed to be a farmer. |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Marie Curie
C.Sir Isaac Newton |
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Definition
| Discovered that white light is made up of the colors of the rainbow. |
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Term
A.John Dalton
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Sir Isaac Newton |
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Definition
| His religious studies caused him to refuse to become a member of the Anglican Church and was excused by the King himself. |
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Term
A.Sir Isaac Newton
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| The force of gravitational attraction between two bodies decreases with increasing distance between them as the inverse of the square of that distance, |
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Term
A.Aristotle
B.Michael Faraday
C.Johannes Kepler |
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Definition
| Although a preacher as well a scientist he kept religion and science separate believing that the data of science and religion are different. |
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Term
A.Michael Faraday
B.Johannes Kepler
C.Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Definition
| The son of an English Blacksmith |
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Term
A.Marie Curie
B.Galileo Galilei
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| Known for work on electricity and magnetism |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Leonardo Da Vinci
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| Without him we would not have electricity or telephones |
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.James Maxwell
C.John Dalton |
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Definition
| A much better mathematician than Faraday, he developed equations that explain the laws of electromagnetism. |
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A.Aristotle
B.James Maxwell
C.Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Definition
| Showed the relationship between light and electromagnetic waves |
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Term
A.Marie Curie
B.Albert Einstein
C.James Maxwell |
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Definition
| First 2 time Nobel Prize winner in history. |
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Term
A.Marie Curie
B.Albert Einstein
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| Died of radiation poisoning at age 65 |
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Term
A.Rosa Parks
B.Marie Curie
C.Madonna |
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Definition
| First woman awarded a PhD in research science in Europe |
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Term
A.Galileo Galilei
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Albert Einstein |
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Definition
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Term
A.Albert Einstein
B.Marie Curie
C.Aristotle |
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Definition
| Said that one could argue that "serious scientific workers are the only profoundly religious people." |
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Term
A.Johannes Kepler
B.Albert Einstein
C.Galileo Galilei |
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Definition
| I think that science without religion is lame and, conversely, that religion without science is blind. Both are important and should work hand-in-hand |
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Term
A.Leonardo da Vinci and Aristotle
B.Nicolaus Copernicus and Leonardo Da Vinci
C.Nicolaus Copernicus and Albert Einstein. |
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Definition
| These two scientists were known as Renaissance men because of their contributions in many areas besides science and their time in history. |
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Term
A.Inquisition
B.Heresy
C.Renaissance |
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Definition
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A.Aristotle
B.Nicolaus Copernicus
C.Leonardo Da Vinci |
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Definition
| Studied fossils, effect of the moon on the tides and the formation of the continents with a careful eye. |
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Term
A.John Dalton
B.Albert Einstein
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| Developed the atomic theory-that matter is composed of atoms |
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Term
A.James Maxwell
B.John Dalton
C.Michael Faraday |
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Definition
| This scientist also contributed to research on color-blindness and meteorology |
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Term
A.John Dalton
B.Albert Einstein
C.James Maxwell |
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Definition
| The son of a poor weaver and a member of the Quaker religion |
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