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A Greek mathematician famously known for finding Earth's circumference almost exactly. He also founded geometry, by using logic and shapes.
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Ptolemy believed in the geocentric view, and made tables that predicted the planet's positions and eclipses. His work is based on Hipparchus and Aristotle.
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Copernicus calculated the time for the planets to orbit around the Sun, providing more evidence towards the heliocentric theory.
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Found data on the planets movements.
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An English philosopher best known for creating empiricism and leading into the creation of the scientific method.
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Galileo helped us understand Venus' moon-like phases, the dark spots on the Sun, and gave evidence towards the heliocentric view. He was known to have used a strong telescope, and to have been convicted for heresy.
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A German astronomer, known for his laws of planetary motion.
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French philosopher that didn't believe anything was right except for "I think, therefore, I am". He was a supporter of Cartesian Skepticism.
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A believer in different qualities, primary and secondary. Primary qualities being ones that belong to an object, and secondary ones are qualities from our senses.
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Newton was known for making the Three Laws of Motion and the Universal Gravitation.
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A French philosopher that had many socialist theories, including ones about racial struggle.
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Mendeleev was known for making the periodic table and using it to predict three unknown elements at the time.
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Curie's contributions to chemistry are: the discovery of radiation and the elements polonium and radium.
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Leavitt discovered the period-luminosity relationship, helping us detect stars farther away.
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Known for making the theory of continental drift, the idea that all Earth's crust was moving and was split into tectonic plates instead of one large piece. Many scientists at the time ridiculed him for his lack of evidence.
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Hubble, who work is based off of Leavitt, created Hubble's Law, proving the Earth's expansion.