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Claudius Ptolemaeus
Ptolemy studied astrology. Nothing is known about Ptolemy’s life but historians refer to his writings. He was an Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. He believed that the earth was the center for all heavenly bodies and that they all revolved around it. He also created a book with astronomical reports that was completed in 150 ce. He also connected math with astrology and made many advances in trigonometry -
1200
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon who was a monk questions old religious beliefs. He also practiced Alchemy and also favored a system of scientific experimentation. Roger Bacon was most famous accomplishments were in mathematics, language studies, science. He believed that astronomy and mathematics applied to everyday life -
1300
Renaissance
The Renaissance was in a way a rebirth for civilization and was a time for revolution. It was a time for scientific revolution and new ways in math, science, astrology, astronomy, and many other subjects at the time. There were many new ways of thinking and many new inventions were made during the time like the printing press, gunpowder, and the mariner’s compass. It was a very crucial and important part of our history. -
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was an Astrologist and was the first to notice a star which known today would have been a supernova and was discovered in 1604. He made theories off of religious beliefs but also made scientific theories that perhaps the stars did not appear by chance but because of adams and that they were not suns but something else. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon is best known for his scientific methods of experiments. He believed in comparison and repetition of experiments. He was an English philosopher and scientist he believed solely in experiments not assumptions. In 1605 he published a book called The Advancement of learning -
Galileo Galilie
Galileo was considered a very important to the scientific revolution he was known as the father of science. When explaining his heliocentric theory he was before religious advocates in 1616 and in 1633 but was placed under house arrest for his theories. He invented a better version of a telescope and was used to observe the stars and the planets. He made friends with many powerful people but also made many enemies among catholic leaders. -
Rene Descartes
French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes was like a leader for the science revolution. In dedication to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia he published a textbook called Principles of Philosophy which was originally was going to have six parts but only went onto have four. This was published in 1644 the four parts of the book being The Principals of Human Knowledge, The Principles of Material Things, The Visible Universe, and The Earth. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle helped modernize chemistry he discovered that temperature and gas affects the space that a gas occupies. In 1662 his findings were published and was called Boyle’s Law where he measured the space that gas took up when compressed with mercury. He also discovered many different attributes of air with Robert Hooke. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton made and designed a self reflecting telescope in 1668. In 1687 he published his finding called philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica which was his basic three rule system of objects in motion. These laws were very influential to science and revolutionized the way we think of motion. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovered bacteria and was a dutch scientist. In 1674 he was most likely observing protozoa and years later discovered bacteria. He also discovered spermatozoa, parthenogenesis, studied the structure of optic lenses, the mouths of insects, and striations in the muscle. -
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz found a new branch in math called calculus and was German. Did this discovery independently from Isaac Newton. In 1676 he discovered a new formulation a substitution of kinetic energy called dynamics for conserving movement. -
Renaissance ends
The Renaissance ended during the 18th century -
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit who in 1709 made the alcohol thermometer and also made a mercury thermometer in 1714. He also invented the temperature scale named the Fahrenheit scale. -
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley discovered the element oxygen through chemistry and he was an English scientist. In 1774 he discovered why things burn which many believed that was another element to the four elements. -
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier discovered that matter can change forms for example steam mixes in the air and becomes invisible. By 1785 he was obtaining support for his theories of combustion and to reconstruct the way chemistry is.
