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-Nicolaus Copernicus

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-Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle was an Irish natural philos...

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For Spinoza, the failure to understand God led to

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A)   false worship of nature.
B)   people using nature for their own self-interest.
C)   a lack of moral judgment of others.
D)   sexual perversion.
E)   the establishment of divine right monarchies.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

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What factors propelled the development of new scientific theories and methods in the seventeenth century?

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Several factors propelled the developmen...

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Tycho Brahe agreed with Copernicus that the earth does indeed move.

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A) True 
 B)False

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How did women contribute to the beginnings of modern science? How did male scientists view women and female scientists?

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-William Harvey

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-Aristotle

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The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as

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A)   God's master plan.
B)   the geocentric conception.
C)   the lunacentric conception.
D)   the expanding universe.
E)   the pantheistic theory.F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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-Journal des Savants

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The Journal des Savants, established in ...

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-Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician...

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What was the name of Descartes's book that expounded his theories about the universe?

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A)   On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies.
B)   On the Fabric of the Human Body.
C)   Two Natures.
D)   Mind Over Matter.
E)   Discourse on Method.F) C) and E)
G) None of the above

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-Maria Sibylla Merian

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Maria Sibylla Merian was a pioneering na...

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-Andreas Vesalius

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Andreas Vesalius was a Belgian anatomist...

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-Ptolemaic universe

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Galileo is credited with the invention of the calculus.

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A) True 
 B)False

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-Tycho Brahe

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The philosophy of René Descartes

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A)   stressed a separation of mind and matter.
B)   stressed a holistic universe of mind and matter devoid of a creator-God.
C)   saw the material world as a living thing containing the human essence.
D)   would not have a wide influence upon Western thought until the nineteenth century.
E)   was condemned by the government of the Dutch Republic.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

Benedict de Spinoza

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A)   believed that humans were created separate from nature in order to rule the earth.
B)   claimed that God was not just the creator the universe; God was the universe.
C)   gained fame for his acceptance of Descartes's theory about the separation between mind and matter.
D)   rejected all forms of pantheistic belief.
E)   disagreed with the theory of a heliocentric universe.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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The cosmological views of the Later Middle Ages held that which of the following was the center of the universe?

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A)   The sun.
B)   The earth.
C)   Heaven.
D)   The epicycles.
E)   The moon.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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