“Scientific Revolution” The Scientific Revolution began in 1543 when Nicolaus Copernicus published his book De reloutionibus erbium colestium also known as On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. In this book he wrote about his new theory which broke the old Ptolemaic theory. Copernicus argued that the sun does not revolve around the Earth like the Ptolemaic theory said. He said that the Earth revolves around the Sun and the Sun is the center of the universe. Even though this theory went better
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Turmoil in the late 60s There are many reasons that the civil rights movement began to falter during the mid- to late- 1960s. This paper will discuss several reasons including economic changes and leadership clashes for this fractionalization. It will also discuss goal changes in housing‚ public education‚ police brutality and how the Vietnam War affected the progress of the struggle. The leadership of the civil rights movement during the mid- 1960s were split into two main types. Martin Luther
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means that even if the observation sentence is confirmed according to the instruments‚ the theory is not necessarily falsified‚ because the problem could be with the theory behind the instruments‚ or other assumptions.� (Examples: Tycho Brahe�s refutation of Copernicus‚ p. 89‚ Lakatos�s example‚ p. 90.) 3. 3. Finally‚ the falsificationist does not (despite Popper�s claims) solve the problem of induction‚ because the observation sentence has to be confirmed.� Any observation sentence is a disguised
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1) What theological concerns prompted Martin Luther’s challenge of the authority of the Catholic Church? What specific reforms did he advocate? -The church was saying that you needed to be saved and you needed Catholic priest to be directly involved in your path to salvation. Luther put emphasis on an individual’s personal relationship with God through Jesus. 2) What were the circumstances of the English Reformation? -Events of the English Reformation were in part associated with the wider
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APW: Unit III: The Early Modern World 1450-1750 Chapter 23: TRANSOCEANIC ENCOUNTERS AND GLOBAL CONNECTIONS 1. Survey – already done with the intro/headings activity‚ although you might want to go back through and look at pics‚ etc. 2. Read + “New to you” vocab 3. Take notes on the chapter that thoroughly answer the study guide questions. Be organized and make them “studyable”. 4. Complete your ID terms DUE: 1.13.14 This chapter presents the dramatic transformation of Europe between 1500 and 1800
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 1 Review Questions 1. What is the goal of science? The major goal of science is to ask & answer questions about the physical universe that we live in. 2. How is observation different from imagination? Observation gathers only what data is obviously true. Imagination can go anywhere—factual or not. 3. Write an equation in words & then in symbols for the following sentence: The price of coffee beans is equal to the weight
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made of? 9. What is an astronomical unit? Parsec? Light year? 10. What important discovery did Hubble make about distant galaxies that led us to the conclusion that the universe is expanding? 11. Identify: a. Ptolemy b. Copernicus c. Tycho d. Kepler e. Galileo f. Newton g. Einstein h. Hubble (Tell what each individual discovered; be thorough!) 12. What does E represent in Einstein’s equation E = mc^2? 13. What does the HR Diagram tell us? (Be thorough.) 14. Describe each term‚ and
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Study guide Chapter 23 VIP Identification: 1. Martin Luther 2. John Calvin 3. Henry VIII 4.Charles V 5.Louis XIV 6.Voltaire Key terms: 7. Protestant Reformation 8. Catholic Reformation 9. Thirty Years’ War 10. Spanish Armada 11. Spanish Inquisition 12. Versailles Study questions 1. What theological concerns prompted Martin Luther’s challenge of the Catholic Church? What specific reforms did he advocate?
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change as scientists (Copernicus‚ Galileo and Kepler) researched‚ used mathematics and physics. The findings of there work led to the belief that the Sun was the center of the Universe (Heliocentric model). Copernicus used mathematics (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) to form the Heliocentric model of the universe. Galileo used physics (Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems) to support Copernicus’ Heliocentric theory. Kepler mathematics (laws of
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of the Enlightenment by bringing new advances in areas such as Nicolas Copernicus and his new theory that would soon discarded the old geocentric theory that placed the Earth at the center of the solar system and replaced it with a heliocentric theory in which the Earth was simply one of a number of planets orbiting the sun. Another great advancement during the Scientific Revolution was in the field of astronomy. Johannes Kepler proved the orbits of the planets were elliptical‚ but was unable to come
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