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    goal was to develop knowledge based on logic and free- thinking. Scientific views and natural philosophy were replacements of religion and were the resources for understanding nature and human fate. There were advancements in mathematics with Sir Isaac

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    Newton‚ Sir Isaac (1642--1727) Physicist and mathematician‚ born in Woolsthorpe‚ Lincolnshire‚ EC England‚ UK. He studied at Cambridge. In 1665-6 the fall of an apple is said to have suggested the train of thought that led to the law of gravitation. He studiedthe nature of light‚ concluding that white light is a mixture of colours which can be separated by refraction‚ anddevised the first reflecting telescope. He became professor of mathematics at Cambridge in 1669‚ where heresumed his work on gravitation

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    In the late 1960’s and early ’70’s posters of the Black Panther Party’s co-founder‚ Huey P. Newton were taped and plastered on walls of college dorm rooms nation-wide. Wearing a black beret and a leather jacket‚ sitting on a wicker chair‚ a spear in one hand and a rifle in the other‚ the poster portrayed Huey Newton as a symbol of his generation’s anger and courage. He was a symbol of anger and courage in the face of racism and the class in which blacks were placed. His intellect and leadership abilities

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    (The Optical Part of Astronomy) Kepler approached optics by breaking organic reality into what he considered to be ultimately real units. He developed a geometric theory of lenses‚ providing the first mathematical account of Galileo’s telescope. Also Newton conducted a theory called the theory of colours it considered “colours to be the result of the modification of white light”. Christiaan Huygens also wrote many books in optics like Opera reliqua (also known as Christiani Hugenii Zuilichemii‚ dum viveret

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    Chapter 16 SECTION ONE: -Who were three major Greek scientists that inspired 16th century Europeans? What/ fields were great scientific advancements made that these scientists represented? Aristotle in physics‚ Ptolemy in astronomy‚ and Galen in medicine. -Why did European scientists have to make adjustment to ancient theories? Scientists did not want to abandon theories. Rather‚ they adjusted them. They were forced to do this because they began to notice things that contradicted ancient theories

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    insulted a powerful young nobleman and was given two options: imprisonment or exile. He chose exile and from 1726 to 1729 lived in England. While in England Voltaire was attracted to the philosophy of John Locke and ideas of the great scientist Sir Isaac Newton. After his return to Paris he wrote a book praising English customs and institutions. The book was thought to criticize the French government and Voltaire was forced to flee Paris again. In 1759 Voltaire purchased an estate called "Ferney" near

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    The Evolution of Mathematics of Celestial Motion Through Aristotle’s crystalline spheres‚ the Copernican Revolution‚ and Newton’s understanding of Kepler’s laws of planetary motion; it becomes clear that mathematics was the driving force that guided us through the evolution of celestial motion. One of the first to theorize the motion of both terrestrial and celestial bodies was Aristotle around 330BCE. To this philosopher‚ the universe had always been eternally geocentric. On Earth the concept

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    Armond Henderson History 7B Kier T Th 8:10-9:30 Essay 1 1. The Age of Absolutism in Europe began with the rise of national legislation and civil bureaucracies that slowly eroded local power and self-government. The rise of absolute monarchies differed from country to country‚ but the general consensus is that the age began with the reign of Louis XIV and ended with the French Revolution. The Age of Absolutism‚ when Monarchies were at the height of their power‚ brought massive changes

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    Question 3 Discuss the relationship between the Scientific Revolution‚ the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. What do they have in common? How did they affect each other? The seventeenth century marked the beginnings of the scientific revolution in which scientists began to question the existence of the world and humanity as it was explained by church from a religious standpoint. Scientific inquiry and experimentation resulted in the development of a new way of thinking and looking at the

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    to turn his worthless items into valuable gold. Alchemy can be traced back at least 2500 years. Many ancient cultures and some that are still around have practiced it. One of the most famous individuals to practice this “occult practice” is Isaac Newton. He had other studies considered occult but we will focus on alchemy for the time being. This brilliant man had a deep interest in natural science and material theory. In 1919 a process called artificial disintegration‚ was used to convert nitrogen

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