The Scientific Revolution, Pritchard, Period 3 Flashcards

286447108	Ptolemaic System	Whose Idea?- Ptolemy When Made?- 2nd century Problem Addressed- How our galaxy works Solution Proposed- The Earth is the center of the universe Long-term Significance- Gave people education on the Universe	0
286447109	Geocentric	Whose Idea?- Aristotle, Ptolemy When Made?- 2nd centruy Problem Addressed- Where the earth is located Solution Proposed- In the middle of everything, main focus of universe Long-term Significance- Helped the church's theory	1
286447110	Tycho Brahe	Profession- Astronomer When held- 16th centruy Where held- Danish Accomplishments/Ruined- Recorded the movements of the planets for many years Long term impact- Improved education on how the planets move	2
286447111	Heliocentric	Whose idea-Copernicus When made- 16th century Problem addressed- Studied the idea of Heliocentric Solution proposed- Heliocentric ideas are true Long-term significance- Proved that sun in the center	3
286447112	Rationalism	Whose idea- Francis Bacon When made- 17th century Problem addressed- How to experiment and think Solution proposed- Using practical knowledge and reasoning Long-term significance- Used in the Scientific Method	4
287052897	Scientific Method	Whose idea- Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo When made- 17th century Problem addressed- How to investigate, and conduct studies Solution proposed- Making a hyphothesis and testing it woth logic, reasoning, and data and come to a conclusion Long-term significance- Still used greatly today	5
287052898	Scientific Revolution	Whose Idea- Scientists of the 15th, 16th and 17th century When made- 15th, 16th and 17th century Problem addressed- The need for answers Solution Proposed- The use of knowledge and studies to further understand the universe Long-term significance- Brought knowledge to our world	6
287052899	Galileo	Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Italy Accomplishments/ruined- Discovered jupiter had four moons and the sun had dark spots. Said earth was a rough, uneven surface. Laws of Motion Long-term impact- Set up foundation for system we use today	7
287052900	Francis Bacon	Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- England Acomplishments/ruined- Developed rationalism Long-term impact- Contributed to the Scientific Method	8
287052901	Isaac Newton	Profession- Scientist When held- Mid 17th Century Where held- England Acoomplishments/ruined- Discovered Gravity Long-term impact- Found out the building block of the Universe	9
287052902	Hypothesis-	Whose idea- Developed by group of scientists When made- 17th centruy Problem addressed- How to address experiments Solution Proposed- to make a conclusion before an experiment and test it Long-term significance- Used today	10
287052903	Nicholas Copernicus	Profession- Cleric and Scientist When held- Early 16th centruy Where held- Poland Accomplishments/ruined- Made heliocentric theories popular Long-term impact- Proved heliocentric ideas to be true	11
287052904	Rene Descartes	Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- France Accomplishments/ruined- developed analytical geometry, and the data and statistics part to the scientific method Long-term impact- Ideas used in scientific research today, both analytical geometry and data and statistics in the scientific method	12
287052905	Johannes Kepler	Profession- Brahe's assistant, Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Danish Accomplishments/ruined- concluded that certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion Long-term impact- Continured Brahe's ideas and contrbuted to the system today	13
287100537	Zacharias Janssen	Profession- Made glass objects When held- 16th century Where held- Dutch Accomplishments/ruined- Created the first microscope Long-term impact- Microscope is one of the top used tools today	14
287100538	Anton van Leeuwenhoek	Profession- Drapery merchent and amatuer scientist When held- 16th century Where held- Dutch Accomplishments- Observed bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings, examined red blood cells Long-term impact- Contributed highly to human anatomy	15
287100539	Evangelista Torricelli	Profession- Scientist When held- Mid 17th century Where held- Italy Accomplishments- Developed the first mercury barometer Long-term impact- Contributed to weather predictions and measuring atmospheric pressure	16
287100540	Gabriel Fahrenheit	Profession- Physicist When held- 18th century Where held- Germany Accomplishments- Made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass. Long-term impact- Developed the fahrenheit system	17
287100541	Anders Celsius	Profession- Astronomer When held- 18th century Where held- Sweden Accomplishments- Created another scale for the mercury thermometer Long-term impact- Developed the celcius system	18
287100542	Andreas Vesalius	Profession- Physician When held- 17th and 18th century Where held- Fleming Accomplishments- Proved Galens assumptions wrong by disecting human corpses Long-term impact- Gave alot of education on the human body	19
287100543	Edward Jenner	Profession- Physician When held- Late 18th century Where held- England Accomplishments- Introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox Long-term impact- Introduced idea of injecting person with weaker form of the disease to defend from the stronger disease later on	20
287100544	Robert Boyle	Profession- Scientist When held- 17th century Where held- Ireland Accomplishments- Suggested matter was made up of smaller primary particles that joined together in different ways Long-term impact- Known as the father of chemistry, started the idea of atoms	21