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Period: 1400 to
Scientific Revolution
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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 blood circulation. -
Zacharias Janssen
Created the compound microscope. -
Rene Descartes
Father of modern philosophy. -
Evangelista Torricelli
Inventor of the barometer -
Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek
First to discover and observe microorganisms -
Issac Newton
Created the three laws of motion
