Exam 16: The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Although logic and geometry had played a role in the medieval worldview,_________ would assume a much more central role in the "New Science."

The "Ptolemaic system" was the first system to question whether planets moved in a circular path around a stationary earth.

Isaac Newton's best-known work today was his research conducted on:

The term heliocentric means:

Nicholas Copernicus hesitated to publish his De Revolutionibus because:

Galileo argued that one could not be both a sincere Copernican and a Catholic.

The scientific revolution stood apart from other social,religious,and cultural transformations.

Newton realized his work was groundbreaking,but he proved to be an egotistical recluse who did not credit his predecessors' work in laying a foundation for his own,bringing upon himself the censure of his peers.

Tycho Brahe's greatest contribution to astronomy was his building of the first observatory on a small island granted to him by the Danish king.

All of the following contributed greatly to the development of astronomy during the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT:

Galileo's work was smuggled out of Italy and published in England.

The trial of Galileo by the Inquisition resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:

What changes did the scientific revolution entail?

From the seventeenth century on,there existed a fundamental shift in the view of the world by the Western world: to be considered "modern," one now approached the world through:

How did Kepler's work differ from that of other astronomers?

Galileo concluded that the Copernican hypothesis was correct after observing:

While many men and women wrote during the seventeenth century concerning the ability of women to fully participate in the scientific realm,none wrote quite so passionately as _________,who wrote of the " 'tyrannical government' of men over women."

"Simplicio" (Simpleton)was a character in Galileo's Dialogue who represented the new science.

The dispersal of ancient texts by the humanists of the late Renaissance that served to encourage study and debate was facilitated by:

Europeans believed,generally,in the geocentric theory of the universe,even though this model was contradicted well over a thousand years before Copernicus by: