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384 BCE
Aristole
This is important because it made significant contributions to every aspect of human knowledge. He was considered to be one of the most important figures and was the first of the thinkers to systematize science and philosophy. -
100
Geocentric
This is important because the planets were imagined to be orbiting on circular paths around the Earth. -
100
Heliocentric Theory
This is important to history because even though the theory is correct, the church rejected it since it contradicted their religious views. It discredited many people's theories and modern belief at the time. The heliocentric theory is important today, because it led to the advancement and accuracy in astronomical tools, both physical and mathematical and changed the way scientists understand the design of our solar system. -
1200
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon, was an English philosopher who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature. -
1500
NIcolaus Copernicus
It wasn't until Copernicus published his book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. In it, Copernicus established that the planets orbited the sun rather than the Earth. -
1514
Andreas Vesalius
Vesalius was a Flemish-born anatomist whose dissections of the human body helped to correct misconceptions dating from ancient times. Vesalius believed that surgery had to be grounded in anatomy -
1543
William Harvey
An English physician, who made equally important contributions. He was the first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body and to provide experiments and arguments to support his idea. -
1543
Scientific Revolution
This is important because Renaissance encouraged curiosity, investigation, discovery, modern day knowledge. Caused people to question old beliefs. During the era of the Scientific Revolution, people began using experiments and mathematics to understand mysteries. New discoveries were made, old beliefs began to be proven wrong. -
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician. Considered the "father of modern philosophy" Descartes developed many ideas that lead to the creation of many modern fields of study. -
Johannes Kelper
Johannes Kelper, was a leading astronomer of the Scientific Revolution known for formulating the Laws of Planetary Motion. This is different from the geocentric view, in which the planets and sun were believed to revolve around the Earth. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and scientist who believed that scientific theories could be developed only through observations. -
Galileo Galilei
He is important because he made major contributions to the fields of physics, astronomy, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy. -
Robert Boyle
He helped to pioneer the modern science of chemistry. He described the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and the volume of a gas. -
Antoine Lavoisier
He showed that fire resulted when a substance rapidly combined with oxygen and showed that steam mixes with the air and becomes invisible. -
Issac Newton
Isaac Newton is considered one of the most important scientists in history. During his lifetime Newton developed the theory of gravity, the laws of motion (which became the basis for physics), a new type of mathematics called calculus, and made breakthroughs in the area of optics such as the reflecting telescope.
