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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Chapter 1, who made Newton into a supreme rationalist whose laws of motion were a priori deductions of pure thought?
2. The discipline of physics had originally been created by ________, and it had nothing to do with experiment or quantitative measure nor was it limited to the inorganic world.
3. All of the following were forms of fire, according to Boerhaave and Musschenbroek, except for which one?
4. All of the following English philosophers had shown convincingly that knowledge about the physical world could not be obtained from first principles without resort to experiment except for whom?
5. Leibniz, in his differential calculus, broke up the curve into many little straight lines, creating a ________, in Chapter 2 of "Science and the Enlightenment."
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the product of the Philosophical Letters.
2. Discuss the periodic fluctuation Bradley found in 1748.
3. What were the proponents of blunt rods which where used in the study of electricity? Who led the proponents of blunt rods? Explain.
4. What did Leibniz argue in regards to the mechanical philosophy of the Enlightenment?
5. Why was income important to scientists during the Enlightenment period?
6. Discuss Benjamin Franklin's single static electrical atmosphere.
7. Discuss the origin of the study of electricity.
8. What advantage did natural philosophy have over other literary pursuits? Explain.
9. Who was William Herschel and what planet did he discover?
10. Who coined the term "Scientific Revolution" and who was this person? What was the Scientific Revolution?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Identify, analyze, and discuss the three tests of Universal Gravitation.
Essay Topic 2
Present arguments for and against Benjamin Franklin's one-fluid theory and its impact on the Enlightenment.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast "reason" vs. "nature" as discussed in Chapter 1 of "Science and the Enlightenment."
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