Download Western Civilization 102 Word List 16: The First Scientific Revolution

Western Civilization 102 Word List 16: The First Scientific Revolution Late Medieval Synthesis Aristotelian physics, Ptolemaic astronomy, Hippocratic physiology, Galenic medicine, Hierarchical principle, Great Chain of Being, Alchemy and astrology, Magic and witchcraft, Christian theology, Apparent common sense Aristotelian physics laws of motion geocentric universe Heavy bodies fall to center Aristophanes’ heliocentrism Ptolemaic astronomy concentric spheres primum mobile Medieval theology heaviness/ corruption Geocentric universe Apparent Common Sense Great Chain of Being Hierarchical principle Hippocratic or Galenic physiology four humors blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile The Elements Earth, water, air, fire Related properties cold, wet, hot, dry Galenic medicine bloodletting, leeches, cupping, apothecaries Barber surgeons alchemy aqua vitae philosopher’s stone Nicholas Flamel astrology Paracelsus Girolama Cardano John Dee The Witch hunt Diabolism Maleficium Familiars The Devil’s Mark The Renaissance The Age of Discovery The Reformation Nicolas Copernicus Heliocentric theory On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres Tycho Brahe nova Uraniborg, Frederick II Rudolf II Johannes Kepler Laws of planetary motion Galileo Galilei telescope Inquisition Francis Bacon Inductive or empirical method Rene Descartes Deductive method Cogito ergo sum Andreas Vesalius dissection William Gilbert magnetism William Harvey circulation Anton von Leewenhoek microscope microorganisms Robert Boyle Boyle’s Law Isaac Newton optics, calculus, Laws of universal gravitation and motion, Principia, Alchemy, Biblical dating The Royal Society Academy of Science God as clockmaker