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Copernicus was a German astronomer who was the first to propose the heliocentric model of the universe, stating that the planets revolve around the sun, not the Earth. Some say this is whar sparked the Scientific Revolution.
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Tycho Brahe opened the Uraniborg observatory on the island of Hven, becoming one of the most famous observatories of his time.
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Francis Bacon is cretited with creating the scientific method, or a planned procedure for investigating in science.
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Galileo made improvments to the telescope, discovered the phases of Venus, and discovered Jupiter's four largest moons. Most importantly, he confirmed Copernicus.
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Kepler was a german mathematician who created the eponymous laws of planetary motion. He stated that planets move in elipses, not perfect circles.
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Harvey was the first to describe in detail the idea of systematic circulation and the theory that blood is pumped by the heart.
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Descartes has been called the Father of Modern Philosophy with his writings, Meditations on First Philosophy, He is also named the father of analytical geometry and infinitesimal calculus.
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Isaac Newton was an English scientist who created Newton's three laws of motion and the theory of gravity. He also created calculous.
