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2. astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician. He played a major role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century
6. was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe
7. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
8. was one of the most influential of the Enlightenment philosophers.
10. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
12. A period when philosophers believed that they could apply the scinetific method and use reason to explain human nature logically.
13. French philosopher and mathematician who invented the Cartesian coordinate system
14. The French Enlightenment drew heavily on his ideas, as did the Founding Fathers of the American Revolution

1. composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the world
3. developed the three laws of motion which form the basic principles of modern physics. His discovery of calculus led the way to more powerful methods of solving mathematical problems.
4. Someone who studies wisdom
5. established the Baconian method to investigate natural science. His approach led to the development of the scientific method, which is still used.
8. was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer.
9. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
11. having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical systems.