The Scientific Revolution - Triumph of New Science

In 1687, who published a book explaining why the sun and earth moved as they did?

• Copernicus

• Newton

• Kepler

• Galileo

Who proposed the law of universal gravitation stating that all bodies attract each other?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Vesalius

• Harvey

True or false - Newton's work was very significant: still today his laws of motion and gravitation are applied in the everything from seatbelts to space travel?

• True

• false

Which of the following were anatomists?

• Vesalius and Newton

• Newton and Copernicus

• Copernicus and Harvey

• Harvey and Vesalius

Who published 'On the Fabric of the Human Body"?

• Galen

• Andreas Vesalius

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• William Harvey

Which scientist concentrated on analysing blood circulation and the heart?

• William Harvey

• Andreas Vesalius

• Galileo Galilei

• Rene Descartes

Who argued that all assumptions had to be proven on the basis of known facts?

• William Harvey

• Francis Bacon

• Rene Descartes

• Robert Boyle

In what areas did Rene Descartes work in?

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Astronomy

• Physical Sciences

• All of the above

Descartes discovered the law of

• gravitation

• motion

• fractions

• refraction

For Francis Bacon, what was the key to science?

• Experimentation and evidence

• Logic

• Philosophy

• Observation and conclusions

• Discovery