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Jan 1, 1220
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was an English philosopher. His main emphisis was on the study of nature through emperical methods. He is credited for being one of the earlist European advocates of modern scientific methods. Most of his knowledge came from reading many books. More Information -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was an amateur Polish astrnomer. He was known for the development of the revolutionary Copernican system. It was a model of the solar system in which all the planets orbit around the sun. More Information -
Dec 31, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius was a Flemish anatomist, physician and author of a very influential books about human anatomy. He was born in Belgium. Many people refer him to the founded of modern human anatomy. He was the first one to lead individual investigation to the structure of the human body. More Information -
Jan 22, 1561
Fancis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher born in London. He also became a statesman, scientist, jurist and author. He served as the Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. He was important to the transition of Renaissance to the modern era.
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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei was an Italian mathematician, astromomer and physicist. He studied at the University of Pisa and did extensive studying on pedulums. He was soon appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Puda in Italy. He had many inventions and was the first to use a telescope to observe the skies. More Information -
Jan 1, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician. He was the first person to realize that the planets go around the sun in elliptical orbits. He formulated "Kepler's Three Laws" of planetary motion. It mathematically describes elliptical orbits. More Information -
Apr 1, 1578
William Harvey
William Harvey was an English physician. He's known for describing completely in detail the systemic circulation. He was the first to describe accurately how blood was pumped around the body by the heart. His first findings were at the College of Physicians. More Information -
Rene' Descartes
Rene' Descartes was a French philosopher born in France. He a had a great impact on his application of alegbra to geometry. He is credited with being the "Father of Modern Philosophy." More Information -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle was born in Ireland. He was a philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. He was also known very well for his different writings in theology. A certain law was named after him being called "Boyle's Law." It had to do with his findings in volume and pressure. More Information -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was an English mathematician and physicist. He invented claculus. He also formulated the law of gravitation and discovered the laws of motion. He discovered that sunlight is made of different colors. He made up the color spectrum. The three laws of motion are named after him along with the deepest crater on the moon. More Information
