| A | B |
| heliocentric | sun-centered belief of Copernicus |
| geocentric | Earth is at the center of the universe |
| scientific method | a systematic procedure for collecting and analying evience |
| rationalism | the system of thought is based on their belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge |
| universal law of gravitation | crucial to his whole argument |
| Ptolemaic system | the geocentric model of the universe that prevailed in the Middle Ages |
| Francis Bacon | used inductive reasoning, sci. method |
| Isaac Newton | universal law of gravitation |
| Robert Boyle | one of the first scientist to conduct controlled experiments- |
| Maria Winkelmann | the most famous of female astronomers in Germany |
| Nicholas Copernicus | published famous book "On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres |
| Margaret Cavendish | One of the most prominent female scientists of the seventeenth century |
| Ptolemy | greatest astronomer of was form of light in the sky |
| Diderot | encyclcpedia or classifed dictionary of the sciences arts and trades |
| Beccaria | On Crimes and Punishment |
| Voltaire | deist who used satire to criticize govt |
| Adam Smith | Laissez-faire The weath of nations |
| Wollstonecraft | a Vindication of the Rights of Women |
| Montesquieu | THe spirit of the laws |
| Rouseau | wrote Social Contract about agreement between govt and people |