This new approach liberated scientific speculation from the dogmatic restraints of Aristotelian science, and paved the way for new approaches. Particularly within the field of theories of motion great advances were made, when such scholars as Jean Buridan, Nicole Oresme and the Oxford Calculators challenged the work of Aristotle. Buridan developed the theory of impetus as the cause of the motion of projectiles, which was an important step towards the modern concept of inertia. The works of these scholars anticipated the heliocentric worldview of Nicolaus Copernicus. COUNT 5
QSN1 What did Jean Buridan create to explain the motion of projectiles? ANS1 the theory of impetus QSN2 What school of scientific thought was challenged by Jean Buridan and Nicole Oresme? ANS2 Aristotelian QSN3 What scientist is most associated with the heliocentric worldview? ANS3 Nicolaus Copernicus QSN4 Which scholars made great advances in the theories of motion? ANS4 Jean Buridan, Nicole Oresme and the Oxford Calculators QSN5 Buridan's theory of impetus led to what modern concept? ANS5 inertia