Question 1

What was the role of women in the scientific revolution?

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Question 2

Copernicus was an atheist scientist trying to discredit the Catholic Church.

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There is no direct evidence that Copernicus was an atheist. He was a Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, but he did not openly challenge the Church's teachings. In fact, he dedicated his book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres" to the Pope. It was Galileo, a later scientist, who had more conflict with the Church over his support of heliocentrism.

Question 3

What were Newton's contributions to the scientific revolution?

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Question 4

What were the origins of geology and the earth sciences?

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Question 5

What did the scientific revolution owe to the Middle Ages?

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Question 6

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

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Question 7

Isaac Newton was a Protestant scientist from England who sought to discredit the Catholic Church.

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This statement is false. Although Isaac Newton was Protestant and lived during a time when there was tension between the Protestant and Catholic Churches, there is no evidence that he sought to discredit the Catholic Church in his scientific work. Moreover, Newton's theological writings demonstrate that he had a complex and somewhat unorthodox set of beliefs about religion.

Question 8

What was the main difference between the English Baconian natural philosophers and their Cartesian counterparts in France,Holland,and elsewhere in northern Europe?

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Question 9

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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While Newton was known to have a complex personality and was involved in several disputes over scientific priority, he did acknowledge the work of his predecessors. In his famous quote, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants," he recognized the contributions of those who came before him.

Question 10

Why were Galileo's ideas considered so dangerous?

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Question 11

One of the important pioneers in developing the science of geology was Nicolas Steno.

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Nicolas Steno (1638-1686) was a Danish scientist who made important contributions to the development of the science of geology, including the principle of superposition and the law of original horizontality.

Question 12

Was the scientific revolution a revolution?

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Question 13

Tycho Brahe differed from Copernicus in believing that planets orbited the sun and the whole system orbited around a stationary Earth.

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Tycho Brahe believed that the planets orbited the sun, but the sun and the planets orbited around a stationary Earth.

Question 14

What changes did the scientific revolution entail?

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Question 15

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

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Quiz 16: The New Science of the Seventeenth Century