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Chapter 17: The Scientific Revolution
B.
The pioneering thinkers of the Scientific Revolution included Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton. Below is a list of these thinkers' achievements. Using the menus, match each of these with the appropriate name. HINT: some names may have more than one matching achievement.
1.
three laws of planetary motion
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
2.
heliocentric model of the universe
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
3.
determined nature of light through experimentation
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
4.
observed comet of 1577
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
5.
observed moons of Jupiter
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
6.
observed uniform acceleration of falling bodies
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
7.
laws of inertia, acceleration, and action/reaction
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
8.
observed new star in 1572
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
9.
established order and uniformity of nature
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
10.
theorized "universal gravitation"
???
Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
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