Key Figures and Concepts of the Scientific Revolution
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Heliocentric
The idea that the Sun is the center of the solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus
A scientist who proposed the heliocentric model.
Johannes Kepler
A scientist who discovered that planets move in ellipses.
Galileo Galilei
A scientist who improved the telescope and supported heliocentrism.
Isaac Newton
A scientist who discovered gravity and the laws of motion.
William Harvey
A scientist who discovered how blood circulates in the body.
Circulation
The movement of blood through the body.
Scientific Revolution
A period of major discoveries in science (1500s-1600s).
Observation
Watching and studying something to learn about it.
Scientific method
A step-by-step way to test ideas using experiments.
Circulatory system
The system that moves blood through the body.
Pioneer
A person who is the first to explore or discover something.
Planetary motion
How planets move around the Sun.
Geocentric
The idea that Earth is the center of the universe.
Ellipses
Oval-shaped orbits of planets.
Orbit
The path an object takes around another object in space.