HW#5

Question 1-

Scientific Revolution - A period of time when great advances in science were made
Nicolaus Copernicus - A Polish astronomer whose theory was that Earth and other planets in the solar system revolve around the sun.
heliocentric theory - a Sun centered solar system
Johannes Kepler - a mathematician who believed that planets evolve around the sun in elliptical orbits and not circles.
Galilio Galilei - An Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who used the telescope to look into outer space to study the planets, stars, and whatever else he could find.
scientific method - method of research in which there is a problem to be answered with an experiment.
Francis Bacon - An English politician and writer with a great interest in science
Rene Descartes - A French man who developed analytical geometry, which became an important new tool for scientific research.
Isaac Newton - An English astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher who created the laws of gravitation.

Question 2-

1. Many scholars discovered artifacts and old resources that opened a possibility for new truths to be found
2. Poeple started to inquire the Church and religion
3. More people realized that these newer discoveries made more sense
4. The scientific method crafted new ways to do observations
5. Aristotle's theories were questioned.
6. People generally wanted to know more about the world.