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Feb 19, 1473
Nicoloaus Copernicus
heliocentric view instead of geocentric view published On Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres 1543 near his death; condemned by all levels of Christianity -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
Truth found investigation and evidence
helped developed scientific method -
Nov 11, 1572
Tycho Brahe
observed a very bright star now numbered SN 1572 which unexpectedly appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia -
Rene Descartes
french philosopher and mathematician
truth gained through mathematics and logical deduction -
Johannes Kelpler
german astronomer and mathematician
protestant
used math formulas to show the planets revolved around the sun -
William Harvey
English physician
Concluded that blood circulates throughout the body -
Evangelista Torricelli
was a Italian scientist. He was a physicist and mathematician. One of his important achievements was the invention of the barometer. -
Baruch Spinoza
equated G-D and nature impersonal mechanical universe; and denied free will -
Blaise Pascal
in 1642 while still a teenager he started pioneer work on calculating machines -
Sir Isaac Newton
british scientist
below average student at Cambridge
explored the most complicated mathematics -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
raised in delft in the dutch republic Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth -
Robert Boyle
Irish chemist
established Chemistry as a science
proved air wasnt a element -
Robert Hooke
english scientist
discovered the cell
used a new microscope -
Joseph Priestley
English chemist and clergyman
Did experiments about the properties of air and discovered the existence of oxygen -
Thomas Paine
wrote Age of Reason; advocated deism; progress: improve society through natural laws; need concrete evidence for beliefs