Scientific Revolution

Christopher Columbus

Oct 31, 1451

First voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life as the commercial fleet he was sailing with was attacked by French privateers off the coast of Portugal. His ship got burned and he had to swim. He is best know for discoving America.

Gabriele Falloppio

Feb 28, 1453

was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century. He was born at Modena and died at Padua.

Nicolas Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

He enrolled to the religious law program.His theory stated that sun rest near the center of the universe and the earth.Which is know as Copernicus theory. He studied medical and law in Italy.

Juan Luis Vives

Mar 6, 1493

He was scholar and humanist who lived nearly his entire life in the Southern Netherlands

Peter Apian

Apr 16, 1495

He was an known as Peter Apian, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography.

Georg Joachim Rheticus

Feb 16, 1514

Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus, was a mathematician, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher.

Conrad Gessner

Mar 26, 1516

Conrad Gesner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer.

Girolamo Fracastoro

Aug 8, 1530

He was an Italian physician and poet. He was born in Verona. That's where he practiced after studying at Padua. He studied diseases spread to tiny particles or spores. That means even with direct or indirect contact.

Thomas Harriot

Mar 1, 1560

was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator. He is sometimes credited with the introduction of the potato to the British Isles

Galileo Galilei

Feb 15, 1564

He was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution