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- 4. He developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry.
- 9. Published an essay called A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792.
- 10. A new way of thinking about the natural world.
- 13. a new intellectual movement that stressed
- 14. A brilliant mathematician who continued Brahe's work after his death in 1601.
- 15. A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
- 18. Earth centered view of the universe.
- 21. An agreement by which people created a government.
- 22. Regular social gatherings held by hostesses.
- 23. Was committed to individual freedom and won recognition as a writer of essays.
- 24. A philosopher who believed people could learn from experience and improve themselves.
- 25. A style of art which was characterized by a grand, ornate design.
- 26. One of the most brilliant and influential of the philosophes, he published more than 70 books of political essays, philosophy, and drama.
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- 1. A simple and elegant style that borrowed ideas and themes from classical Greece and Rome.
- 2. An italian scientist who built many new theories of astronomy and physiology. He also built his own telescope in 1609, and published the starry messenger in 1610.
- 3. A french writer who devoted himself to the study of political liberty.
- 5. and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.
- 6. Brought together breakthroughs under a single theory of motion, also created the three laws of motion.
- 7. Theory of a sun centered universe.
- 8. A social critic of this period in France.
- 11. Ruled in Russia from 1762 to 1796, and exchanged many letters with voltaire.
- 12. Monarchs who embraced the new ideas and made reforms that reflected the Enlightenment spirit.
- 16. Created a large set of books called, encyclopedia.
- 17. An english statesman writer who had a passionate interest for science.
- 19. Reasoned that the sun was the center of the universe, and created the heliocentric model.
- 20. A danish astronomer who recorded the movement of planets for many years.