PRESENTATION OUTLINE
CHAPTER 10 LEARNING GUIDE
Ptolemy was the greatest astronomer of antiquity he also constructed a model of the universe known as the Ptolemaic system.
Nicholas Copernicus
Nicholas was a mathematician of Poland that believed in the heliocentric the universe offered a more accurate explination of the Ptolemaic system.
Galileo Galilei taught mathematics Galileo was the first European to make regular observations of the heavens using a telescope.
Issac Newton was very educated he attended Cambridge university became a professor of mathematics he first major work was titled "Mathematical principles of natural philosophy."
Robert Boyle one of the first scientists to conduct control experiments.
Margregt Cavendish
One of the most prominent female scientists of the seventeenth century.
Maria Winklemann
The most famous female astronomer in Germany she received training in astronomer from a self taught astronomer.
Rene Descartes
Rene was a French philosopher Descartes began by thinking and writing about the doubt and uncertainly that seemed to be everywhere in the confusion of the seventeenth century.
Frances Bacon
Frances was a English philosopher believed that instead of relying on the ideas of ancient authorities scientists should use.
John Locke
John believes that everyone born with a tabularsa or a blank mind.
Montesquieu
His most famous work "spirit of the laws he identified three basic kinds of governments Republics,Despotism,monarchs.
Voltaire
The greatest figure of the Enlightenment was Francois-Marie a route known as Voltaire.
Denis Diderot
His most famous contribution to the Enlightenment and Denis became a freelance writer so that he could study and read in many subjects and languages.
Adam Smith
His famous work was the wealth of nations Smith believed that the state should not interfere in economic matters.
Jean-Jacques-Rousseau
His famous work was his famous contract which states that through a social contract a entire society agrees to be govner by it's general will.
Mary Wollstonecraft
The founder of the modern European and American movement for women's rights.
John Wesley
John Wesley had a mystical
In which the gift of God's grace assured him of salvation this experience led him to become a missionary to the English people to bring them the glad tidings of salivation.
Handel
Was a German who spent much of his career in England he is probably best known for his religious music Handel's messiah.
Haydn
Haydn spent most of his adult life as musical director for wealthy Hungarian princes.