Exam 16: The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Galileo had made improvements on the lens developed by the Dutch for use in telescopes,but some of the earliest work on the nature of how humans see was done by:

Although science during this period was primarily the domain of men,many women also made their mark,such as the astronomer Maria Winkelmann and the entomologist:

_________ was the "new scientist" whose work laid the foundation for Sir Isaac Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.

Why was Copernicus chosen by the Church as an astronomer,and how were his findings understood by the Church?

Although René Descartes believed he had proven the existence of God,_________ believed he had proven that the universe was a single substance that was both God and nature.

In what ways did Bacon and his followers aid the separation of scientific investigation from philosophical argument?

"Science" entails all of the following EXCEPT:

All of the following can be said about mechanism EXCEPT:

Galileo Galilei was brought to trial by the Inquisition because he:

As a leader of the "scientific revolution," Isaac Newton was:

René Descartes believed he had proven the existence of God through his use of systematic doubt in his book:

The primary target of Descartes's philosophical method was:

Galileo's work apparently had no support from within the Catholic Church.

The first woman to receive a doctorate degree in philosophy in Italy was:

A method of reasoning that goes from the specific to the general was developed by:

One of the leading German astronomers of the seventeenth century was:

The "prime mover" was the force that put into place the motions of the celestial bodies and was interpreted as being the Christian God.

_________ made the first challenge to the Ptolemaic conception of the universe.

Copernicus calculated the earth to be _________miles from the sun.

The new scientific societies did all of the following EXCEPT: