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Leonardo Da Vinci was a painter, sculpture and engineer. His works included the Mona Lisa, and the Last Supper
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Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer, he developed the "Heliocentric" Theory
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Michelangelo was one of the most inspired men to ever live, his works included David, Sistine chapel, la Pieta 1499, and marble sculpture
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Sir Thomas More was an English Humanist that wrote "Utopia" which is a book about a fictional society that is theoretically perfect
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Raphael was a painter during the renaissance, his most famous piece of art is the School of Athens
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Martin Luther was a teacher of scripture. He is most known for this creation of the 95 theses against the church
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Johnannes Kepler was a mathematician who decided that some mathematical laws govern planetary movement and laws showed that planets have elliptical orbits around the sun.
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Galileo Galilei was an Italian scientist who discovered new theories on astronomy. He is best known for building the first telescope, writing “Starry Messenger”, and describing his observations of space.
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Issac Newton was an English scientist who developed theories of gravity and motion.These theories included, attraction depends on the objects mass and the distance between the objects. Another theory was, all objects were affected equally by the same forces and that the same rule applied to planets and all matter on earth and in space. The third theory was that the universe worked like a giant clock and that god was the "clock maker" and he had set everything into motion.
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Advancements in medicine included the creation of the first vaccine that consisted of cowpox that were used to prevent smallpox. This was discovered by Physician Edward Jenner
