Scientific Revolution - Paul Kenney

Edit Answers
1234567891011121314151617181920
Across
  1. 5. the combining of elements to form a pleasing whole
  2. 6. Chemistry had manifold origins, coming from such diverse sources as philosophy, alchemy, metallurgy, and medicine. It emerged as a separate science only with the rise of mechanical philosophy in the 17th century.
  3. 9. Portuguese sailing ship, developed for long voyages
  4. 12. one who masters the skills and methods used in making maps
  5. 14. Italian navigator in the service of England "discovered" of north America mainland in 1497
  6. 15. Italian navigator in Spanish service: traditionally considered the "discoverer" of of the Americas in 1492
  7. 16. the idea that people should use reason, or logical thought to understand the world
  8. 18. theory having the sun as the center of the universe
  9. 20. a person who gives money in support of a person or project
Down
  1. 1. theory the theory that earth is at the center of the universe
  2. 2. used to measure angles of stars above the horizon to help sailors
  3. 3. 1569-1650, French philosopher and mathematician known for "I think, therefore I am"
  4. 4. a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer
  5. 6. to make a voyage completely around the world
  6. 7. The Scientific Revolution began in astronomy. Although there had been earlier discussions of the possibility of Earth’s motion, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was the first to propound a comprehensive heliocentric theory equal in scope and predictive capability to Ptolemy’s geocentric system.
  7. 8. Italian astronomer and mathematician who first used the telescope to study stars
  8. 10. The battle for Copernicanism was fought in the realm of mechanics as well as astronomy. The Ptolemaic–Aristotelian system stood or fell as a monolith, and it rested on the idea of Earth’s fixity at the centre of the cosmos.
  9. 11. The science of optics in the 17th century expressed the fundamental outlook of the Scientific Revolution by combining an experimental approach with a quantitative analysis of phenomena.
  10. 13. a belief that earth rotates daily on an axis and planets revolve in orbits around the sun
  11. 17. a physicist and mathematician, key figure in the Scientific Revolution
  12. 19. an economic policy based on the idea that a nations power depends on its wealth