Across
- 3. from the particular to the general, involves making and testing hypotheses
- 5. German astronomer
- 7. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- 8. Frenchman, wrote Discourse on method
- 11. law of motion explained by Sir Isaac Newton in his Principia
- 13. Earth at the center of the universe
- 14. Italian scientist; observed details on moon’s surface, challenged Church’s teaching
- 15. collecting and analyzing evidence; foundation of scientific thinking
- 16. sun centered conception of the universe
Down
- 1. German mathematician, corrected Copernicus, proved elliptical orbits
- 2. Enlgishman, believed science was way for “human life to be endowed with new discoveries and power”
- 4. Polish mathematician, early theoretician of heliocentricism
- 6. Brilliant Englishmen, studied optics, motion; viewed universe as machine
- 9. belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- 10. English, scientific philosopher
- 12. stars, sun, planets and the moon are all examples