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Module 1.Review Game: Science Begins to Pick Up Steam, The Renaissance, The Era of Newton, The Enlightenment

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Grossetestethe first modern scientist because he was first to use the scientific method.
Christian worldviewScience began to progress towards the end of the Dark Ages because the Christian worldview began to replace the Roman worldview.
Roger Bacon,sometimes given the title of the first modern scientist
VesaliusIn the Renaissance, Vesalius published an important book about the study of the human body.
CopernicusIn the Renaissance, Copernicus published a very important book proposing the heliocentric system.
Keplerwas able to develop mathematical equations that showed the planets do not orbit the sun in circles, but in ellipses.
NewtonNewton was one of the greatest scientists of all time. He laid down the laws of motion, developed a universal law of gravity, invented the mathematical field of calculus, wrote many commentaries on the Bible, showed white light is really composed of many different colors of light, and came up with a completely different design for telescopes.
The era of Enlightenmentproduced good and bad changes for science. The good change was that science began to stop relying on the authority of past scientists. The bad part of the change was that science began to move away from the authority of the Bible. During this era, Linnaeus published his classification system for life, which we still use today. In addition, Lavoisier came up with the Law of Mass Conservation, and Dalton developed the first detailed atomic theory.
John Daltonremembered for the first detailed atomic theory.
LavoisierLavoisier came up with the Law of Mass Conservation. He also described combustion, but the Law of Mass Conservation was more importan


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