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