Chapter 10
Across
- 3. a philosopher who came up with the scientific method
- 4. a system of thought expounded by Rene Descartes based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- 8. a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world
- 9. he made up the idea of the heliocentric solar system where the Earth revolves around the sun
- 12. Of all of his telescope discoveries, he is perhaps most known for his discovery of the four most massive moons of Jupiter
- 13. earth centered; a system of planetary motion that places Earth at the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and other planets revolving around it
- 14. sun centered; the system of the universe proposed in 1543 by Nicolaus Copernicus, who argued that the earth and planets revolve around the sun
- 15. explained the three laws of motion and developed the law of gravity
Down
- 1. known for Kepler's laws of planetary motion and conjecture and discovered the Kepler's Star
- 2. influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe and accomplished the social contract
- 5. one of the greatest composers in the music world and amazing operas
- 6. someone who studies wisdom, love to study
- 7. english philosopher and knows as the "Father of Liberalism"
- 10. a period when philosophers believed that they could apply scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically
- 11. famous for making an important connection between geometry and algebra