What is gravitas?
a) Isaac Newton’s term for the force that binds the universe together
b) a term Isaac Newton’s colleagues gave to his serious and quiet behavior
Consider This: Isaac Newton’s contribution was to see that the physical world may be expressed as a series of mathematical equations. See 5.3: The Republic of Letters.
c) the term Isaac Newton gave to the new mathematics he developed to express his theories
Consider This: Isaac Newton’s contribution was to see that the physical world may be expressed as a series of mathematical equations. See 5.3: The Republic of Letters.
d) a name for the “clockwork universe” described by the philosophes
Consider This: Isaac Newton’s contribution was to see that the physical world may be expressed as a series of mathematical equations. See 5.3: The Republic of Letters.
a) Isaac Newton’s term for the force that binds the universe together
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A. a family of languages B. the first settlers of Italy C. a style of pottery D. a writing system
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a. Democracy b. Oligarchy c. Monarchy d. Tyranny e. none of the above
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued for __________
A) the creation of an independent constitutional republic B) one last effort to reconcile with Britain C) the establishment of an American monarchy D) a war of annihilation against Native Americans
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