Terms
Ptolemy - Ancient philosopher and geographer, Earth centered universe
Great Chain of Being - man, God, and Earth linked
Nicholas Copernicus - 16th Polish thinker - theorized sun at center of solar system
Johannes Kepler - mathematician, noted that planets in elliptical orbits, assistant to Brahe
Tycho Brahe - astronomer, well-known for his recorded observational data
Sir Francis Bacon - English lawyer and aristocrat - enunciated scientific method
Inductive Reasoning - the scientific method
Rene Descartes - French mathematician 17th century
Leibnitz - Originated calculus
Isaac Newton - Law of gravity
Deism - God was the first cause, then universe went on
Dialogue on the Two Chief world Systems - Work by Galileo, compared rival cosmological theories
The Enlightenment - Created climate of reason
John Locke - Philosopher, rejected political dogma, sought rational explanation for government, humans born with tabula rasa, denied divine right of kings
Toleration Patent - Issued by Emperor of Austria - Allowed toleration of minority religions
Galileo Galilei - Italian mathematician/astronomer, challenged authority of church, did not invent telescope, sketched mountains of the moon and sunspots
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