Scientific Revolution
Across
- 4. an Italian astronomer and mathematician whose discoveries using a telescope supported the heliocentric universe theories of Copernicus
- 5. figure of the Scientific Revolution An English mathematician and physicist
- 7. a distinguished English philosopher, statesman, and lawyer,a man of many talents, he promoted rational thought.
- 9. separate section of a city where members of a minority group are forced to live
- 12. artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect
- 13. method careful, step-by-step process used to confirm findings and to prove or disprove a hypothesis
- 14. a branch of mathematics in which calculations are made using special symbolic notations, developed by Isaac Newton
- 15. an unproved theory accepted for the purposes of explaining certain facts or to provide a basis for further investigation.
Down
- 1. a Polish astronomer who concluded that the sun is the center of the universe around which Earth and the other planets revolve
- 2. an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
- 3. government run by religious leaders
- 6. in the Roman Catholic Church, pardon for sins committed during a person's lifetime
- 8. idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society
- 10. based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
- 11. force that pulls objects in Earth's sphere to the center of Earth