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Feb 6, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
He wrote a book called on the Fabric of the Human body, he changed the way people look at the human body and its anatomy -
Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus
Said that the sun was the center of the universe, Copernican Universe, Changed the way we viewed the world, went against the church. Got from book (pg. 513) -
Feb 6, 1543
Johannes Kepler
famous for: Kepler’s first law and Elliptical orbits -
Galileo
Invented: telescopesaid that the Heavens= the stars 17th= fact
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Descartes
First modern philosopher, famous for having made an important connection between geometry and algebra, promoted a new conception of matter http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/ -
Newton
the universal law of gravity,attended cambidge university, he was a professor at cambridge university teaching mathematics Book (pg. 514) -
John Locke
a British philosopher, Oxford academic and medical researcher, met lors Ashley, and triumphed in the Revolution of 1688 http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/ -
Montesquieu
placed in the care of a poor family during his childhood and he was a member of the Bordeaux and French Academies of Science and studied the laws and customs and governments of the countries of Europe http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/montesquieu/montesquieu-bio.html -
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Voltaire
Voltaire’s intelligence, wit and style made him one of France’s greatest writers and philosophers. He left school at 17 and soon made friends among the Parisian aristocrats. His humorous verses made him a favorite in society circles. In 1717, his sharp wit got him into trouble with the authorities. He was imprisoned in the Bastille for eleven months for writing a scathing satire of the French government. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/voltaire.html -
Rousseau
most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe and he won the academy prize http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/ -
Diderot
He wrote the first encyclopedias, he was imprisoned at Vincennes for three months, and His position gradually changed from theism to deism, then to materialism, and finally rested in a pantheistic sensualism http://www.iep.utm.edu/diderot/ -
Adam Smith
after delivering a series of well-received lectures was made first chair of logic and and retired to his birthplace of Kirkcaldy to write The Wealth of Nations http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Smith.html -
Beccaria
Beccaria opens his work describing the great need for reform in the criminal justice system, and he observes how few studies there are on the subject of such reform. Inented the forms of punishment http://www.iep.utm.edu/beccaria/
