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Nicolaus Copernicus
He astronomer.Who proposed a heliocentric system. Which is the idea that earth revolves around the sun . -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon s one of the founders of the Scientific Revolution, exerted a powerful influence on the intellectual development of the modern world. He also led a remarkably varied and dramatic life as a philosopher, writer, lawyer, courtier, and statesman. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei show the Milky Way was not a nebulous mass but rather millions of stars packed so densely that they appeared to be clouds. He also carried out revolutionary experiments in motion and mechanics. Galileo discovered craters and mountains on the moon, the phases of Venus, Jupiter's moons. -
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes specialty is in mathematics, he was able to transform geometrical problems into algebra. Further, he established the x and y-axis in his algebraic drawings. The modern notation for exponents -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton's during the revolution era comprehensive understanding of the physical world. Mathematics . three law of motions -
John Locke
John Locke founder of modern “liberal” . Ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration. -
Montesquieu
Montesquieu's discussion of separation of powers and checks and balances profoundly influenced the American Founders . The design of the U.S. Constitution. he was also kowned for the the Spirit of Laws -
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was a French author and philosopher of the Enlightenment era. He is best known for his writing and publishing of the Encyclopedia, the world's first book to compile all general human knowledge into one easily accessible and understandable location. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau's theories of sovereignty and law had a direct influence on French revolutionaries such as Robespierre, and were blamed for some of the worst excesses of the Terror in France. -
Voltaire
Voltaire books and pamphlets contained scores of assaults on church authority and clerical power. They criticized French political institutions too. Voltaire's ideas ultimately found expression in the French and American revolutions. -
James Watt
James Watt invented and improved a number of industrial technologies. He had made improvements to the steam engine.Watt's steam engine design incorporated two of his own inventions the separate condenser and the parallel motion . -
Adam Smith
Adam Smith is most famous for his 1776 book, The Wealth of Nations. Smith's writings were studied by 20th-century philosophers, writers, and economists. Smith's idea is the importance of free markets, assembly-line production methods, and gross domestic product formed the basis for theories of classical economics. -
George Washington
General George Washington led the American army to victory during the Revolutionary War. He was the first American president. Commander of the Continental Army, -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson author of the Declaration of Independence . He was the 3rd president of the USA.And was a leading figure in America's early development. During the American Revolutionary War Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 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. -
Maximillien Robespierre
Maximillien 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
Hidalgo issued the “Grito de Dolores”calling for the end of Spanish rule, for racial equality, and for redistribution of land. The speech effectively launched the Mexican War of Independence (1810–21). -
Simon Bolivar
Simon Bolivar is known as the greatest leader of South American independence.He led a massive revolt against Spanish colonial rule in South America.