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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment 1550-1800 Dylan Vetter, Jordan Van Zee, and Matt Houff

=**Terms**= __**Geocentric**__- The philosophers during the middle ages constructed a model of the universe know as Ptolemaic system. It placed earth at the center of the universe. __**Ptolemaic system**__-the universe is a series of concentric spheres- spheres one inside the other. Earth is fixed and motionless, at the center of these spheres. __**Heliocentric-**__ Copernicus a mathematician, felt that the geocentric system was too complicated and thought that the sun was the center of everything. __**Universal law of gravitation-**__ Created by Issac newton. This law explains why the planetary bodies do not go off in straight lines but instead continue to elliptical orbits about the sun. __**Scientific Method-**__ A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence of science in the modern world. Was crucial to the evolution of science on the modern world __**Inductive Reasoning-**__ An English philosopher with few scientific credentials, believed that instead of relying on the ideas of ancient authorities. __**Philosphe-**__ The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were known by the French meaning "philosopher". not all were french, however and few were philosophers in the strict sense. __**Social Contract-**__ an entire society agrees to be governed by it general will. Individuals who wish instead to follow their own self interests must be forced to abide by the general will. __**Salon-**__ Salons were the elegant drawing rooms of the wealthy upper class's great urban houses. Invited guests gathered in these salons and took part in conversations that were often centered on the new ideas of the philosophes. __**Rococo-**__ By the 1730s, however, a new artistic style had spread all over Europe. Rococo emphasized in grace, charm, and gentle action. made use of delicate designs colored in gold with graceful curves.

=**3 Paragraph essay**= In the middle ages, many educated Europeans took an intense interest in the world around them. Many of the ancient philosophers did not make observations of the world. They relied on Aristotle's observations. Renaissance humanists had mastered Greek as well as Latin and this had access to newly discovered works by Ptolemy. New inventions made there hypothesis defer. The invention of the telescope changed many of the philosophers ideas. The Ptolemaic universe infer that the earth is the center of the universe. The Copernican universe is the most accurate universe of this time. making the sun the center and earth is 3rd closest planet but the sun moved around the earth.

Issac Newton became a professor of mathematics at the university and wrote his major work, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. He invented the law of gravity, what goes up must come down.Another law that me made explained why the planetary bodies do not go off in straight lines but instead continue in elliptical orbits about the Sun. The laws states that every object in the universe is attracted to every other object by a force of gravity.

Issac Newton and John Locke were one of the people to change our world around. They explained the law of gravity and that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind. Locke's ideas thought that people were molded by the experiences that came through their senses from the surrounding world. he thought that if the environment changed and people were exposed to the right influences, then people could be changed and new type of society could be created. John used newtons methods and found that they could discover the natural laws that all institutions should follow to produce the ideal society.

 A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding. [|Isaac Newton]  All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. [|Galileo Galilei] media type="custom" key="12314010" media type="custom" key="12467010" **For More Information Links**

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