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Francis Bacon.
Robert Hooke.Correct!Robert Boyle.John Locke.FEEDBACK: See page 437; The Power of Method and the Force of Curiosity: Seventeenth-Century Experimenters; CoreObjective 3- Identify the sciences that made important advances during this period and understand what technological innovations encouraged a new spirit of investigation.Question 101 / 1 ptsOne of the key ingredients of science is:an overriding philosophical orientation.ancient research.theological accuracy.the logic of truth.Correct!a body of knowledge.
FEEDBACK: See page 426; The New Science of the Seventeenth Century; Core Objective 1- Define scientific revolution and explain what is meant by sciencein this historical context.Question 111 / 1 ptsPromoting the evolution of science and sustaining the scientific revolution were:a few specific monasteries focused on biology.three prominent German universities.the writings of Turkish clerics.Correct!societies and institutions dedicated to science.the government bureaucracies of the absolutist states.FEEDBACK: See page 426; The New Science of the Seventeenth Century; Core Objective 1- Define scientific revolution and explain what is meant by sciencein this historical context.
Question 121 / 1 ptsRené Descartes is most known for his work:Correct!A Discourse on Method.The New Atlantis.Novum Organum.Dialogue.De Revolutionibus.FEEDBACK: See page 436; Methods For A New Philosophy: Bacon and Descartes; Core Objective 5- Understand the different definitions of scientific method that emerged from the work of Francis Bacon and René Descartes.Question 131 / 1 ptsRenaissance humanists helped lay the foundation for the scientific revolution by recovering the works of Greek philosophers such as ___________, who argued that the world operated according to mechanical forces best understood through mathematics.Icarus
Thomas AquinasCorrect!ArchimedesZenoDemosthenesFEEDBACK: See page 427; The Intellectual Origins of the Scientific Revolution; Core Objective 2- Understand the older philosophical traditions that were important for the development of new methods of scientific investigation in the seventeenth century.Question 141 / 1 ptsRenaissance intellectuals often needed tools and machines to enhance their observations. During this period, collaboration between intellectuals and ___________________ flourished.bankers who could finance researchresearch and development specialistsfactories
architectsCorrect!artisansFEEDBACK: See page 427; The Intellectual Origins of the Scientific Revolution; Core Objective 2- Understand the older philosophical traditions that were important for the development of new methods of scientific investigation in the seventeenth century.Question 151 / 1 ptsSome of the most groundbreaking work on the natureof optics and white light was done by:Correct!