Question 1

What changes did the scientific revolution entail?

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Question 2

What were Newton's contributions to the scientific revolution?

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Question 3

For Newton,science,if properly conducted,could always uncover the causes of phenomena.

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Newton realized the limits of science and asserted that it could describe natural phenomena but not always discover its causes.

Question 4

What did the scientific revolution owe to the Middle Ages?

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Question 5

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

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Science was slow to work its way into people's understanding because it undermined religion,which was the foundation block of Western society.

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Scientists believed that science did not necessarily undermine religion,nor did it set out to do so.

Question 7

Was the scientific revolution a revolution?

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Question 8

What was the role of women in the scientific revolution?

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Question 9

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

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Question 10

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.

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Newton famously said his greatness was only due to the work of his predecessors: "If I have seen further,it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

Question 11

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

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Question 12

Baruch Spinoza applied geometry to ethics and deduced that the universe was made of a single substance that was both God and nature in one.

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Taking Descartes's theories,Spinoza went farther to prove that science and God were not mutually exclusive.

Question 13

What impact did the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration have on the scientific revolution?

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Question 14

While the French scholastic societies reserved science as "a gentlemanly pursuit," English societies freely admitted women.

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Although no formal rules existed to allow such,women were excluded from most all societies; only in Italy were women admitted to any academy.

Question 15

Why were Galileo's ideas considered so dangerous?

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Quiz 16: The New Science of the Seventeenth Century