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Period: Jan 10, 1492 to
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish astronomer
Started his career at University of Krakow in Poland in 1492 -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
English philosopher
Truth found through investigation & evidence
Helped develop scientific method -
Nov 11, 1572
Tycho Brahe
On 11 November 1572, Tycho observed (from Herrevad Abbey) a very bright star, now numbered SN 1572, which had unexpectedly appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia. -
Feb 27, 1582
Galileo Galilei
Italian mathematician
Improved the telescope to make it more powerful -
Rene Descartes
French philosopher & mathematician
Truth gained through mathematics and logical deduction (reason) -
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer & mathematician
Protestant
Used math formulas to show that the planets revolved around the sun -
William Harvey
English physician
Concluded that blood circulates throughout the body, pumped by the heart and returning through the veins -
Blaise Pascal
In 1642, while still a teenager, he started some pioneering work on calculating machines -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Raised in Delft, in the Dutch Republic, Van Leeuwenhoek worked as a draper in his youth, and founded his own shop in 1654. -
Robert Boyle
Irish chemist
Established chemistry as a pure science
Proved air wasn’t a basic element -
Robert Hooke
English scientist
Discovered the cell
Used new microscope -- recognized cells in vegetable tissues -
Sir Isaac Newton
British scientist
Below average student at Cambridge University
Explored the most complicated mathematics of his day -
Joseph Priestley
English chemist & clergyman
Did experiments about the properties of air and discovered the existence of oxygen