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Oct 14, 1451
Birth of Christopher Columbus
He was a famous explorer, descovered that the Earth wasnt flat. Christopher-Columbus -
Apr 15, 1452
Birth of Leonardo Da Vinci
He was one of the important people ever, his ideas lead to endless amounts of modern inventions. Leonardo-Da-Vinci -
Feb 19, 1473
Birth of Nicolas Copernicus
He was a student of astronomy. He presented the heliocentric theory, which rested on the revolutionary notion that the Earth orbited the sun. Nicolas-Copernicus -
Dec 23, 1488
Birth of Otto Brunfels
He was the first to produce a major work on plants. He fell victim to a blunder made by many botanists of the time. In reverence for the ancients, whose botanical studies were widely revered, in his study he attempted to compare his findings to those of the Greeks and Romans. Otto Brunfels -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
He was a great astronomical observer, and made accurate and long-term records of his observations. He derived his view of the structure of the solar system, which the moon and sun orbited the Earth and the remaining planets orbited the sun. Tycho Brahe -
Jan 22, 1561
Birth of Francis Bacon
He was one of the great philosophers of the Scientific Revolution. His thoughts on logic and ethics in science and his ideas on the cooperation and interaction of the various fields of science. Francis-Bacon -
Feb 15, 1564
Birth of Galileo Galile
Famous for his theory which was proven to be correct after he was sentenced to house arrest for the remaineder of his life Galileo Galile -
Birth of Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
He was the foremost thinker of the era on human mechanics. His 1680 work, On the Motion of Animals, is recognized as the greatest early triumph of mechanics to the human organism. Giovanni Alfonso Borelli -
Birth of Robert Boyle
He worked with his colleague Robert Hooke to discern the properties of the air, experimenting with air pressure and the composition of the atmosphere. He proved that only a part of the air is used in respiration and combustion, and is credited with the discovery of oxygen.
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Birth of Isaac Newton
Famous for his theories on motion. Perhaps the most influential scientist of all time, Newton took the current theories on astronomy a step further and formulated an accurate comprehensive model of the workings of the universe based on the law of universal gravitation. Isaac Newton
