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1550
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus published the idea that Earth was not the center of the universe but instead the sun. -
1550
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei used a telescope to confirm predictions about star placement and movement. -
1550
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes disagreed that a link existed between mind and body. -
The "Science" of Skull Bumps
Marmaduke B. Sampson wrote "The Science of Skull Bumps" to explain why crime happens. -
Sir Francis Galton
Traced ancestry to find more out on heredity. -
William James
William James taught the first class in pschology at Harvard University. -
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt started his Laboratory of Psychology in Leipzig, Germany. -
Wertheimer, Kohler, & Koffka
Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, & Kurt Koffka disagreed with principles of structuralism and behaviorism. -
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud a physician who practiced in Vienna and was interested in the unconscience mind. -
Higard
"Modern science began to emerge by combining philosophers' reflections, logic, and mathematics with observations and inventiveness of practical people" (Hilgard 1987).