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How did Descartes and Kepler contribute to the new scientific thinking?

Answer 1

They showed how mathematics and measurement could be used in scientific investigation.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Why did the Church seek to silence Galileo?
a)Galileo's observations changed the way we measure space and threatened Church territorial holdings.

b)Galileo's observations could prove Copernicus's theories about the order of the universe.

c)Galileo's observations threatened the control the Church had over moral authority.

d) Galileo's observations threatened the Church's role in proselytizing in the New World.

Answer 5

In 1616, the church warned Galileo not to defend the ideas of Copernicus. Galileo's observations could prove Copernicus's theories about the order of the universe

Answer 6

So B

Answer 7

How did Copernicus's work challenge the accepted view of the universe?

a)He believed that Ptolemy's work was completely wrong.

b)He knew that the planets revolved, but he did not believe they revolved around the earth.

c)He wanted to prove that God created the universe and science was not involved

d)He thought that the universe had changed since Ptolemy's theory

Answer 8

B He knew that the planets revolved, but he did not believe they revolved around the Earth

Answer 9

How did the Renaissance's emphasis on humanism help spark scientific thinking?

a)The humanist emphasis on mathematics led scientists to develop accurate measurement tools.

b)The Church and God were no longer seen as the reason why everything happened the way it did.

c)Scientists now wanted to prove that Renaissance era religious beliefs were true.

d)Religion became unimportant to most people during the Renaissance.

Answer 10

B) The Church and God were no longer seen as the reason why everything happened the way it did.

Answer 11

How did the Renaissance rediscovery of the work of Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy help start the Scientific Revolution?

a)Ptolemy's system no longer seemed to work with what scientists were observing, and scientists began to look for other theories.

b)Scientists were forbidden to read Ptolemy.

c)Scientists wanted to prove that Ptolemy's theory of the universe was correct

d)Scientists discovered new writing by Ptolemy

Answer 12

A) Ptolemy's system no longer seemed to work with that scientists were observing, and scientists began to look for other theories.

Answer 13

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Answer 14

Anything else? (:

Answer 15

i say what the first guy said

Answer 16

Question - How did Descartes and Kepler contribute to the new scientific thinking?
Answer - They showed how mathematics and measurement could be used in scientific investigation.