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The Scientific Revolution During the 17th Century
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The Scientific Revolution During the 17th Century
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1. Nicholas Copernicus’s major contribution to scientific knowledge was
2. The Royal Society was founded in 1662 by King Charles II to
3. The scientist responsible for developing calculus and the theory of gravity was
4. The greatest achievement of the Scientific Revolution included
5. "The view that was accepted in Europe until the 16th century that the sun and planets revolved around the earth was known as the"
6. Among the most important advances of the Scientific Revolution were all of the following EXCEPT
7. What effect did the Scientific Revolution have on the authority of the Catholic Church?
8. Galileo helped to confirm Copernicus’s major contribution to scientific knowledge
9. The most serious conflict facing scientists of the 17th century, such as Galileo, was
10. What major impact did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment?
11. “I may well presume, most Holy Father that certain people, as soon as they hear that in this book about the Revolution of Heavenly Spheres I ascribe movement to the earthly globe, will cry out that, holding such views, I should at once be hissed off the stage.” This passage was written by