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Match the correct term with the description given
Copernicus
Descartes
Enclosure
Bacon
Galileo
Heliocentrism
Newton
Scientific Revolution
DESCRIPTION
TERM
He was a politician, scientist, and philosopher, known not only for his belief
in the scientific method but for his creation of "empiricism."
This French thinker is often called the "Father of Modern Philosophy," was
a key figure in the Scientific Revolution, and whose belief in rationalism
can be summed up with the phrase "I think, therefore I am."
Perhaps the most important figure of the Scientific Revolution, this Italian
astronomer and mathematician was condemned by the Catholic Church in
the 1600s for popularizing heliocentrism.
This English scientist is known for scientifically describing gravitational
force, spelling out the 'laws of motion," for writing "Philosophiae Naturalis
Principia Mathematica' - one of the most important books in world history
- and much, much more.
This is the period of great advances in the sciences, roughly 1500-1700.
This name is given to the system of land ownership during the early years
of the Industrial Revolution in which British landowners divided their
fields into smaller units and charged rent to farmers or business owners.
This is the astronomical observation that the Earth revolves around the
Sun, not the other way around; a model that was popularized by
Copernicus and Galileo.