End of Course Test: The Scientific Revolution: Its Classical and Christian History

Recent scholarship has shown the warfare metaphor to be neither useful nor tenable in describing the relationship between science and religion.

What does “to save appearances” mean in Plato’s dictum?

Around the 7^th century A.D., Islamic caliphs collected documents and literary works in the palace library in Baghdad.

Galileo was able to imagine what would happen if the ball were rolling on a perfectly smooth, horizontal surface.  What is this called?

Newton’s law of universal gravitation is as follows: Two bodies exert gravitational forces on each other, where the direction of the force on either body is toward the center of mass of the other body.

Did Christianity cause modern science?

In 500 to 600 words please answer one of the two following questions:

• Describe how the Scientific Revolution led to one of the following three (1) a new world picture, (2) a new world view, or (3) new sources and views of knowledge.

• Describe the contributions of one or more of the following scientists to the new world picture: Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, or Newton.