Which of the following statements best describes the Scientific Revolution?
A) The new science grew gradually from the challenge posed by Copernicus.
B) Copernicus largely completed the Scientific Revolution himself.
C) Copernicus' ideas were ignored for about a century after which the Revolution took off.
D) The Scientific Revolution became a battle between those who had a new, perfectly accurate, view of the universe and those who refused to entertain change.
E) The Scientific Revolution spread slowly and only in Protestant countries.
Correct Answer:
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Q12: Which of the following was the revolutionary
Q13: The Aristotelian-Ptolemaic theory
A)envisioned crystalline spheres revolving around
Q14: Italian Neo-Platonist philosophers believed that
A)the search for
Q15: Which famous thinker explored Alchemist goals throughout
Q15: When Tycho pursued his research
A) his ideas
Q18: The Ptolemaic model of the universe troubled
Q20: The Almagest was
A) a handbook of Greek
Q20: The Scientific Revolution produced a new cosmology
Q21: Which of the following statements is incorrect?
A)Newtonian
Q30: How did Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations undermine
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