Exam 16: Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

Whose work was the most important for the field of medicine: Paracelsus, Vesalius, or Harvey? Why?

The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as which of the following?

Maria Sibylla Merian is significant for what reason?

How are scholars devoted to Hermeticism best described?

What is the Scientific Method, and why is it important?

Why did science become an integral part of Western culture in the eighteenth century?

What was the immediate reaction of the clerics to the theories of Copernicus?

What was the Lavoisier's contribution to chemistry?

What were some of Galileo's most important observations?

Describe Spinoza's objections to reliance only on new scientific knowledge.

How are Isaac Newton's scientific discoveries best described?

To what extent did the scientific revolution rely on older knowledge, and to what extent did it create completely original ideas about the world?

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, female midwives experienced which of the following changes?

How is the philosophy of René Descartes best described?

How is Newton's world-machine best described?

What was the relationship between magic and the early scientific revolution? Why is this significant?

What was the role of states in spreading scientific knowledge?

How did the French Academy differ from the English Royal Society?

Which of the following is NOT true of the ideas of Copernicus?

Why was Boyle's work so important to the discipline of chemistry? How has the basic model of matter changed since his work?