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Copernicus was the first to publish a theory that the earth was not the center of the earth but that the sun was. He also stated that the earth rotated on an axis , that why the stars moved.
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Brahe made observations of planets especially mars, which later influenced Kepler. He also discovered lunar parallax.
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Galileo was born February 15 , 1564 in Pisa Italy. He invented the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory. His supportment got him in trouble with the Roman Church .
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He discovered that the orbits of the planets were not circles but eliptical. Kepler had 3 laws , that dealed with the planetary motion. Other than astronomy he also advanced in geometry .
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Harvey was fasinated with how the human body worked and blood. William said that blood was pumped from the heart throughout the body, then returned to the heart and recirculated.
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Rene is mostly famous for writing Meditationes de Prima Philosophia. He is known as the father of philosophy.
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Newton discovered gravitational force and laws of motions. Isaac also came up with the Binomial Theorem and was one of the two that created calculus.
