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314 BCE
Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
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150 BCE
Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
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1473
Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
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1543
Andreas Vesalius published on the fabric of the human body - detailing dissectionof human bodies
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1578
William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
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Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope
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Galileo developed the law of the pendulum
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Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion
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Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method
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John locke explained his theory of "natural rights"
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Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus's theor
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Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set forth his reasoning
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Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer
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Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan -social contract
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robert boyle created boyle's law
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time
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Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass
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Isaac Newton published his law of gravity
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Francois-Marie arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms
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Mary Astell wrote A Vindication of the rights of woman
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marie-therese geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes
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emile du chatalet translated newton's work from latin into french
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Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer
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Montesquieu published on the spirit of laws - detailing separation of powers in government
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denis diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia
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Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract
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Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen
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Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen
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Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
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cesare beccaria published on crimes and punishments
