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Period: 1400 to
Timespan
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1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Created the heliocentric theory of the solar system -
1546
Tycho Brahe
Helped turn belief from geocentric to heliocentric -
1561
Francis Bacon
Creator of the scientific method -
1564
Galileo Galilei
Father of modern science -
1571
Johannes Kepler
Discovered Three laws of planetary motion -
1578
William Harvey
Created the idea of circulation of blood through the body -
Zaharias Janssen
Creator of the telescope -
René Descartes
Father of modern Philosophy