Ana Sic

By jradecsky
  • 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus
    • Heliocentric system.
    • Determined that the Earth rotates daily on its axis.
    • Earth's motion affected what people saw in the heavens.

  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon
    • He created the Scientific Method.
    • Contributed to plate tectonic theory .
    • Also contributed to solid Earth geophysics.

  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    • He was the first to report telescopic observations.
    • He invented an early microscope
    • He invented a predecessor to the thermometer.

  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes
    • He invented analytic geometry.
    • He devised a universal method of deductive reasoning.
    • He investigated reports of esoteric knowledge.

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    • He formulated laws of motion and gravitation.
    • His discoveries in optics and mathematics.
    • The basic principles of modern physics.

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    • He wrote that man has three natural rights: life, liberty and property.
    • Locke argued for a broadened syllabus and better treatment of students.
    • Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    • He was a philosopher and author.
    • He was considered one of the founders of sociology as a scholarly discipline.
    • He was among the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment.

  • Denis Diderot

    Denis Diderot
    • He was a French writer, philosopher and art critic.
    • Served as chief editor of the Encyclopédie.
    • He was one of the originators and interpreters of the Enlightenment.

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    • Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist.
    • His treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation.
    • He is well known for his work On the Social Contract, which questioned the purpose and place of government and its responsibility for its citizens.

  • Voltaire

    Voltaire
    • Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher.
    • He attacked the Catholic Church.
    • And advocated freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.

  • James Watt

    James Watt
    • James Watt was a Scottish engineer, inventor, and chemist.
    • Inventing the Watt steam engine, which converted steam back to water.
    • Developing a rotary engine which mechanised weaving, spinning and transport.

  • George Washington

    George Washington
    • He led the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War.
    • Helped create the U.S. Constitution. He served as the first president of the United States.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    • Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father.
    • The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
    • And the third President of the United States.

  • Adam Smith

    Adam Smith
    • Smith is most famous for his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations.
    • His writings were studied by 20th-century philosophers, writers, and economists.
    • Smith's ideas were, the importance of free markets, assembly-line production methods, and gross domestic product formed the basis for theories of classical economics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period.
    • He composed over 600 works, including some of the most famous and loved pieces of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.
    • Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music.

  • Maximillien Robespierre

    Maximillien Robespierre
    • Maximilien Robespierre was a radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789.
    • Robespierre briefly presided over the influential Jacobin Club, a political club based in Paris.
    • He also served as president of the National Convention and on the Committee of Public Safety.

  • Miguel Hidalgo

    Miguel Hidalgo
    • Hidalgo is best remembered for his speech, the “Grito de Dolores”, which called for the end of Spanish colonial rule in Mexico.
    • Hidalgo was recognized as the first insurgent and a founding father of Mexico.
    • He is known as the Father of the Homeland for being one of the starters of the Mexican independence movement.

  • Simon Bolivar

    Simon Bolivar
    • He was one of the most prominent political figures in the emancipation of South America.
    • Leading role in the independence of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
    • His contribution to the founding processes of the present-day republics of Bolivia.