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- 1. a religious place which had an oppositon to Galileo Galilei and arrested him.
- 3. the conviction that the laws of nature are fathomable by human reason, and the humanity is perfectibility-as an assumption and an achievable goal
- 6. god was a kind of cosmic clockmaker who created a perfect universe that he does not have to intervene in
- 10. Italian astronomer and physicist who used the telescope for astronomical observations, discovered the constant of a pendulum’s swing, and created the laws of falling acceleration
- 12. the astronomical model where the earth and planets revolve around the stationary sun at he center of the solar system
- 13. the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
- 14. the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.
- 15. having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical systems.
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- 2. the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms, especially as revealed by dissection and the separation of parts.
- 4. theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes
- 5. anatomist and physician from Belgium who often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy
- 7. theory that all knowledge is gained from the experiences of the senses
- 8. polish astronomer whose studies let=d to the rejection of the geocentric model
- 9. English mathematician and physicist who explained the laws of mechanics and gravitation
- 11. German astronomer that discovered the three laws of orbital motion
- 16. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response