The Scientific Revolution,Ulrich,7th Flashcards

284966728	Ptolemaic system	Idea: Earth is the center of the universe surrounded by planets and stars. Whose Idea: Cladius Ptolemy When Made: 2nd century A.D Problem Addressed: Cladius created a diagram out of Aristotle theory Solution Proposed: The universe revolves around earth. Earth is the center of the universe Long-term significance:The Ptolemaic system had other theories branch off from it.	0
284966729	Geocentric	Idea: Earth was the center of the universe Whose idea: Aristotle When Made: 4th century B.C Problem Addressed: What the universe looked like Solution Proposed: Gave people an idea of what the universe looked like and how it was mapped out Long-term significance: Gave a reasonable solution to what the universe could look like	1
284966730	Tycho Brahe	Name: Tycho Brahe Profession: Danish nobleman When held: 1473-1543 Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Provided accurate info Long-term impact: He showed people how to record accurate info and people branched off from his data to go on and make other theories	2
284966731	heliocentric	Idea: The sun is the center of the universe Whose idea: Nicholas Copernicus When Made: early 1500's Problem Addressed: Why the planets orbited the way they do Solution Proposed: The planets revolved around the sun in something called orbits Long-term significance: Gave scientist and philosophers a more reasonable idea of what the universe looked like	3
284966732	rationalism	the principal that human reason is the source of knowledge	4
284966733	Scientific Method	Idea: A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas Whose idea: idea is based off Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo's scientific thinking When Made: 1642-ish Problem Addressed: Help get accurate more correct information Solution Proposed: This method provides a better way to get accurate information Long-term significance:People will now get more accurate info as before	5
284966734	Scientific Revolution	Idea: A change in European thought Whose idea: Europeans When Made: mid-1500s Problem Addressed: The scientific revolution was meant to enhance thought of people to answer difficult questions Solution Proposed: If people had careful observation and the willingness to question accepted beliefs people would be smarter Long-term significance: Without the scientific revolution we would have no scientific method that early in time and the world would not be as smart	6
284966735	Galileo	Name:Galileo Galilei Profession: Italian renaissance man When held: 1564-1642 Where held: Italy Major accomplishments: Constructed first refracting telescope, Created the law of inertia, Wrote a book called " The Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems" (1632) Long-term impact: Gave people a lot of info and things to think about. He also invented the refracting telescope	7
284966736	Francis Bacon	Name:Francis Bacon Profession: English states man and writer When held: 1600s Where held: England Major accomplishments: He created the empiricism/ the experimental method Long-term impact: Without Bacon scientists probably would not know to draw conclusions	8
284966737	Isaac Newton	Name:Isaac Newton Profession: English scientist When held:1642-1727 Where held: England Major accomplishments: Discovered principals of limitless universe, Discovered gravitation, Created laws of motion, Developed calculus and demonstrated spectrum Long-term impact: Without Newton we would probably not have calculus	9
284966738	hypothesis	Idea: proposed explanation for a phenomenon Whose idea: Plato When Made: 17th century Problem Addressed: Allowed scientists to further their research Solution Proposed: Gave scientists a testable question Long-term significance: Without a hypothesis scientists would not know what their actually testing	10
284966739	Nicholas Copernicus	Name:Nicholas Copernicus Profession: Polish Cleric When held: 1473-1543 Where held: Poland Major accomplishments: Created the idea of a heliocentric universe, Published "On the revolution of celestial spheres" (1543) Long-term impact: Without Copernicus we would never of had the idea of a heliocentric universe	11
284966740	René Descartes	Name:René Descartes Profession: French Scientist When held:1600s Where held: France Major accomplishments: Developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry Long-term impact: Provided an important tool for scientific research	12
284966741	Johannes Kepler	Name:Johannes Kepler Profession: German Mathematician When held: 1543 Where held: Germany Major accomplishments: He created Kepler's First Law Long-term impact: Would never know the planets moved in a elliptical motion	13
284966742	Zacharias Janssen	Name:Zacharias Janssen Profession: Dutch maker of eyeglasses When held: 1590 Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Invented the first microscope Long-term impact: Would never of had a microscope	14
284966743	Anton van Leeuwenhoek	Name:Anton van Leeuwenhoek Profession: Dutch drapery merchant and armature scientist When held: 1670s Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Used a microscope to observe bacteria in tooth scrapings, also was the first to observe red blood cells Long-term impact: We would never of discovered those things that early	15
284966744	Evangelista Torricelli	Name:Evangelista Torricelli Profession: Galileo's student When held: 1643 Where held: Italy Major accomplishments: Developed the first mercury barometer Long-term impact: We would never of has a mercury barometer	16
284966745	Gabriel Fahrenheit	Name:Gabriel Fahrenheit Profession: German Physicist When held: 1714 Where held: Germany Major accomplishments: Made the first thermometer to have mercury in glass Long-term impact: We would never of had a thermometer to have mercury in glass	17
284966746	Anders Celsius	Name:Anders Celsius Profession: Swedish Astronomer When held: 1714 Where held: Sweden Major accomplishments: Created another scale for the mercury thermometer Long-term impact: We would never of had another scale for a mercury thermometer	18
284966747	Andreas Vesalius	Name:Andreas Vesalius Profession: Flemish Physician When held: 1742 Where held: Finland Major accomplishments: Proved Galen's assumptions wrong Long-term impact: We would of thought Galen's assumptions were right	19
284966748	Edward Jenner	Name:Edward Jenner Profession: British Physician When held: 1700s Where held: Great Britain Major accomplishments: introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox Long-term impact: We would never of had a vaccine for small pox that early in human life	20
284966749	Robert Boyle	Name:Robert Boyle Profession: scientist When held:1661 Where held: ??? Major accomplishments: Found modern chemistry Long-term impact:would not of had modern chemistry	21