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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an artist, inventor and thinker. He is best known for his famous and admired art work- Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
He created on paper, such inventions as the bicycle, the helicopter and an airplane based on physiology and flying capability of a bat.
Till today his masterpieces of art -Mona Lisa and The Last Supper are an inspiration for future artists.
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Michelangelo Buonarroti, born on March 6, 1475 is famous for his massive painting- The Last Judgment on a wall in the Sistine Chapel for Pope Paul III is regarded as a masterpiece of early mannerism.His extraordinary talents were displayed in his early works such as the Pieta for the Vatican, and the statue of David built for the city of Florence.People still go to visit to see his artworks till today and are an inspiration. Source: https://www.michelangelo.org,history.com
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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is considered the father of modern science, invented an improved telescope that let him observe and describe the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, the phases of Venus, sunspots and the rugged lunar surface.
His passion for thoughtful and inventive experimentation pushed the scientific method toward its modern form.His works became milestones for the future inventions and discoveries.
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) born in England is famous for plays, in all three of the main dramatic genres : tragedy (“Titus Andronicus”); comedy (“The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Taming of the Shrew”); and history (the “Henry VI” trilogy and “Richard III”). He transformed the English language.
To this day, theater festivals around the world honor his work, students memorize his expressive poems.
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Robert Boyle born in Ireland, on January 25, 1627 discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the famous Boyle’s law.He defined the modern idea of an 'element', as well as introducing the litmus test to tell acids from bases, and introduced many other standard chemical tests, to preserve food by vacuum packing. Source: sciencehistory.org/historical- profile/robert-boyle
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boyle
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Isaac Newton born in 1643 in England is famous for his three laws of motion -(1) Every object in a state of uniform motion will remain in that state of motion unless an external force acts on it; (2) Force equals mass times acceleration ; (3) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.His famous quote “What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.” is an inspiration for the upcoming generation
Source: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/issac-newton
