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1503
The Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci was an inventor, made discoveries in human anatomy, one of the greatest painters, and he painted the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is a known painting and many other artists try to paint it too. It's in a lot of movies and shows a bunch of different ways of the Mona Lisa. -
1508
Michelangelo
Michelangelo was best known for the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo influences modern artists and he is able to show individualism, humanism, and secularism in his artworks. Michelangelo has many different techniques still used in today's society. [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michelangelo] -
1564
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets, he also invented 1700 words we still use today. William Shakespeare influenced many novels, plays, dramas, and even changed poetry. His plays are studied in English, and he created many words still used today. [https://www.celticenglish.co.uk/blog/why-is-shakespeare-still-important-today/] -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei invented the telescope and discovered the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, sunspots, etc. Galileo helped create modern astronomy, he observed the stars near Jupiter. Galileo discoveries still influences life today in modern physics and astronomy. [https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/galileo-galilei] [https://www.biography.com/news/galileo-discoveries-theories-modern-physics-astronomy] -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa. Robert Boyle defined elements, compounds, and mixtures and coined the term 'chemical analysis' in which he made several powerful contributions. Robert Boyle's discoveries still influence today. [https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/robert-boyle#:~:text=Every%20general%2Dchemistry%20student%20learns,proponent%20of%20the%20experimental%20method.] -
The Theory of Gravity
Isaac Newton had many discoveries, the biggest discovery is probably the theory of gravity. Gravity helps keep the planets rotating around the sun. The theory of gravity still influences life today otherwise we could be all over the place. [https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/isaac_newton.php]