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Chapter 14 Name That Noun

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19407120Lockedefender of the rights of people against absolute power
19407121Misogynyterm meaning hatred of women
19407122Galileiwrote Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems
19407123Brahepreceded Kepler, believed the moon and sun revolved around the earth, produced a vast body of astronomical data
19407124Descarteswrote Discourse on Method, believed in a deductive scientific method
19407125deferentlarger circle around which an epicycle moved
19407126Hobbeswrote Leviathan
19407127Royal Society of LondonEnglish institute of sharing founded in 1660
19407128Jansenist17th century Catholic opponents of the Jesuits
19407129Scientific Revolutionprocess that established the new view of the universe
19407130Enlightenment18th century movement which emphasized modern practical achievements of knowledge, religious toleration and liberty
19407131Hotel Dieupublic hospital near Paris that trained midwives
19407132casuistryarguments used to minimize and excuse sinful acts
19407133Harveydiscovered the circulation of blood
19407134Earl of Shaftesburyorganized a rebellion against Charles II, forced to flee to Holland
19407135Galileifirst turned the telescope on the heavens
19407136Winkelmanndiscovered a comet, denied the right to continue work after the death of her husband because of his gender
19407137scientistterm coined in the 1830s for those devoted to natural philosophy
19407138Queen Christina of Swedenengaged Descartes to provide regulations for new science academy
19407139Lockemost influential political thinker of the 17th century
19407140Ptolemybelieved in geocentrism
19407141Newtonwrote the Principia
19407142Keplerbelieved in a heliocentric universe and elliptical orbits of planets
19407143empiricismuse of experiments and observations to formulate a theory
19407144Baconchampion of the inductive method of gaining knowledge
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