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scientific revolution and the enlightenment
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11th Grade
12/08/2009

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four elements; earth, water, fire, air & heavenly bodies obey different laws
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aristotle
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earth-centered
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geocentric theory (aristotle)
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heliocentric theory
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nicolaus copernicus
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experimentation, mathematical equations in scienc and the scientific method
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galileo galilei
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danish guy who built the uraniborg ("castle of the skies")
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tycho brahe
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laws of planetary motion
1. ellipse
2. faster=closer to the sun
3. math in distance from the sun and time to complete orbit
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johannes kepler
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gravity & inertia
principia
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isaac newton
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deifed religious bans and studied anatomy, (Galen)
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andreas vesalius
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circulation of the blood and how the <3 works
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william harvey
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grounded glass to make lenses to observe nature, "little animals"
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anton van leeuwenhoek
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swedish guy who made up nomenclature
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carolus linnaeus
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french guy who made similiar detailed classification systems
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comfte de buffon
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novum organum, careful observation and experiments
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francis bacon
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discourse on method, french, genius in math and science
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rene descartes
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english political theorist, human behavior is as precise as laws of the physical world, possible to create government that works according to scientific principles
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thomas hobbes
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book written by thomas hobbes, comparing the state to a whale saying that each must be controlled by a single mind
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leviathan
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