Matching Pairs The Scientific Revolution vocOnline version Terms, people, and places Global History by carlos sosa 1 scientific method 2 Tycho Brahe 3 Nicolaus Copernicus 4 Robert Boyle 5 heliocentric 6 Francis Bacon 7 calculus 8 René Descartes 9 Galileo Galilei 10 hypothesis 11 Johannes Kepler 12 Isaac Newton 13 gravity He wanted science to make better life for people by leading to practical technologies. force keeping the planets in their orbits around the sun. Assembled an astronomical telescope. Was kept under house arrest for the rest of his life for proving the heliocentric theory. Calculate the orbits of the planets revolving around the sun. By the age of 24, he had formed a brilliant theory to explain why the planets moved as they did. In the scientific method, scientists propose a logical __________, which they then test. He explained all matter as being composed of tiny particles that behave in knowable ways. Provided evidence that supported Copernicus's theory. a sun-centered model of the Universe. He proposed a heliocentric model of the universe. Emphasized human reasoning as the best road to understanding. a step-by-step process of discovery to collect and accurately measure data. a branch of mathematics partially developed by Newton and used to explain his laws.