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Nicolaus Copernicus was known for studying planet rotation theories. He is responsible for the Copernican Theory.
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Rene Descartes was known for doubting things until proven true. He is responsible for the coordinate plane and x,y,z variables.
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Galileo Galilei is known for being an astronomer. He is responsible for the telescope.
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Jonasease Kepler was known for his discovery that the planet rotation is an eclipse and not a circle. He is responsible for the Laws of Kepler.
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Francis Bacon was known for creating the scientific method.
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Isaac Newton was known for his discovery of gravity.
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Robert Boyle was known for his books about chemistry. He is responsible for the creation of chemistry
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X-rays were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen who was a Professor at Wuerzburg University in Germany. Working with a cathode-ray tube in his laboratory, Roentgen observed a fluorescent glow of crystals on a table near his tube, which led to the creation of the x-ray machine.
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The first prototype electron microscope, capable of four-hundred-power magnification, was developed by the physicist Ernst Ruska and the electrical engineer Max Knoll. The apparatus was the first practical demonstration of the principles of electron microscopy.
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Damadian invented an apparatus and method to use NMR safely and accurately to scan the human body, a method now well known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Damadian has received several prizes.
