A. main idea: new ways of thinking, the invention of new instruments, and an emphasis
on mathematics led to the scientific revolution.

1. what instruments made scientific discoveries possible and ideas spread
quickly?


2. how did renaissance intellectuals view mathematics?



b. main idea: important breakthroughs in astronomy, medicine, and chemistry occurred.

1. where was earth in ptolemy’s and copernicus’s conceptions of the universe?


2. how did galileo revolutionize the field of astronomy?


3. who discovered the universal law of gravitation?


4. why was antoine lavoisier important?



c. main idea: new views of the universe changed perceptions of the world and
of human beings.

1. who wrote the phrase, “i think, therefore i am”? in what work did the phrase
appear?



2. what is the scientific method, and why did francis bacon develop and promote it?