Scientific Revolution
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- 2. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
- 4. the oval-shaped path an object takes around another object due to gravity, where the central body is at one of the two foci.
- 7. an astronomical model that places the Sun at the center of the solar system, with Earth and other planets orbiting it.
- 8. philosophical and legal theory that posits the existence of a universal set of moral and ethical principles inherent in nature, discoverable through human reason.
- 9. a period in the 16th and 17th centuries that involved a fundamental transformation in scientific ideas and methods, moving from reliance on ancient authorities to observation, experimentation, and reason.on
- 10. an astronomical model that places the Earth at the center of the universe.
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- 1. an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times.
- 3. a logical process of drawing general conclusions from specific observations, often described as moving from the specific to the general
- 5. sentenced to a particular punishment, especially death.
- 6. an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.