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