Scientific Revolution Study Guide

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  1. 4. Enlightenment belief that God created the universe and then allowed it to run on its own following natural laws.
  2. 8. Idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
  3. 9. Best known for his observations on empiricism, which was a way of obtaining knowledge.
  4. 11. An empirical method of learning about the universe through observation and experimentation.
  5. 12. A way of thinking that involves using your senses - sight, sound, smell, touch, and taste - to explore new ideas and experiment with hypotheses.
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  1. 1. Astronomer, physicist, and philosopher; Best known for creating an improved telescope.
  2. 2. In the Middle Ages, the view which held that the earth was an immovable object located at the center of the universe.
  3. 3. New way of thinking about the natural world based on careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.
  4. 5. English physicist widely known for developing the laws of motion and the laws of gravity.
  5. 6. Astronomer best known for proposing the heliocentric theory, a model of the universe that contradicted the widespread belief of geocentrism.
  6. 7. To argue against
  7. 10. Best known for founding modern anatomy; He dissected human bodies to understand their function.