Key Terms

5. Someone who looks at the world in a reasonable and logical way
7. A solution a scientist proposes to solve a problem
8. French philosopher, he believed that nothing should be accepted as true if it had not been proven. His ideas helped develop the scientific method
11. Polish astronomer, his book On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres helped begin the Scientific Revolution

1. A series of events that led to the birth of modern science; it lasted about 1540 to 1700
2. Italian scientist, he was the first scientist to routinely use experiments to test theories. He was placed on trial for supporting theories that contradicted church teachings
3. English scientist, he studied and simplified the work of earlier scientists. He identified the four laws that explained how the physical world works
4. German astronomer, proved that planets orbit the sun
6. An explanation a scientist develops based on facts
9. English philosopher, he argued that science could be pursued in a systematic fashion. His ideas helped develop the scientific method
10. method A step-by-step method for performing experiments and other scientific research