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Copernicus
Copernicus was the scientist, who at the time, thought that the earth was the center of the universe. Obviously this was proven wrong but at the time this was groundbreaking news. -
Jan 1, 1200
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was the person that started the trend of scientific experimentations instead of just listening to religion and old "facts". -
Jan 1, 1543
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius studied muscles and other human anatomy, but refused to use others work. Instead he conducted his own studies so he could see everything for himself. -
Jan 1, 1543
William Harvey
William Harvey used laboratory to study the circulation of blood. He told everyone how blood circulated through the arteries/veins. He also studied the heart, which he thought was the most important muscle. -
Kepler
Kepler was a mathemetician that really tested Copernicus' theory. He did this using models, observation and mathmatics. -
Francis Bacon
Bacon only believed in theories that could be proved through observation. He published a book called Novum Organum, which explained his system of knowledge. -
Galileo
Galileo was the first person to make the telescope, based off of a dutch system, and used it to look at things that no one has ever seen before. Examples of this were craters on the Moon, rings on Saturn, moons around Jupiter and spots on the Sun. -
René Descartes
Descartes was dubbed the leader of the scientific revolution. This was because of the thoughts that he had. He also had leading advances in mathematics, sciences, and philosophy. He said, "No assumption should be accepted without question". -
Isaac Newton
Published his thoughts on the work from Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. It was the first work to show that Earth and other planets orbitted around the sun. He was not able to prove why but this was still groundbreaking.