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Feb 9, 1447
First Newspaper
The printing press, invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1447, ushered in the era of the modern newspaper. -
Feb 6, 1543
Nicholas Copernicus
Nicholas Copernicus persents a new view of the universe. -
Period: Feb 6, 1550 to
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Johannes kepler
He published Astronomia Nova. In 1619 he published Harmonices Mundi, in which he discribs is thrid law. kelpler.nasa.gov/mission/johannes kepler -
Galileo
He was an Italian Scientist how supported copernicanisn, the idea that Earth orbits the sun. biography.com/peple/galileo -
Descartes
He masde an important connection between geometry and algebra, which allowed for the solving of geometrical problems by the way of algebraic equations. He also promoted a new conception of matter, which allowed for the accounting of physical phenomena by rthe way of mechanical explanations. He wrote Meditationes de Prima Philosophia ( Meditations on the first philosophy) published in 1641. www.Plato.stanford.edu/enteries/Descartes-work -
John Locke
In 1683 he finished An Essay concerning Human Understanding and The Two Treatises of Government. His essay on human understanding is in respect to God, the self, natural kinds and artifacts, as well as a variety of different kinds of ideas. It thus tells us in some detail what one can legitimately claim to know and what one cannot. www.Plato.stanford.edu/enteries/locke -
Montesquieu
He gained fame in 1721 with his Persian Letters, which criticized the lifestyles and liberties of the wealthy French as well as the church. However his book On the Spirit of Laws, published in 1748, was his most famous work. It outlined his ideas on how government would best work. Rjgeib.com/thoughts/Montesquieu/Montesquieu-bio.html -
Diderot
Diderot is best remembered as the general editor of the Encyclopédie ( Encyclopedia ) and as one of its main contributors. The project absorbed most of his energies from 1750 to 1772. Conceived initially as a translation of the Chambers Cyclopaedia, the Encyclopedia developed into an overview of world knowledge and was intended to illustrate its inherent harmony and order. www.people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/diderotbio.html -
Fly Shuttle
They used this to for more cotton thread because looming was faster. -
Voltaire
French poet, dramatist, historian, and Voltaire was an outspoken and aggressive enemy of every injustice but especially of religious intolerance (the refusal to accept or respect any difference). www.notablebiographies.com/tu-we/voltaire.html -
Adam Smith
he published The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), he became the tutor of the future Duke of Buccleuch; with him he traveled to France, where Smith consorted with other eminent thinkers. In 1776, Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, the first comprehensive system of political economy. www.biography.com/people/adam-smith -
Sir Issac Newton
ublished an edition of geographia generalis in1672. His own letters on optic appereddin print from 1672-1676.
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Beccaria
At the encouragement of Pietro, Beccaria wrote On Crimes and Punishments (1764) www.iep.utm.edu/beccaria -
Spinning Jenny
Spun cotton into thread faster than weavers could produce cloth. -
Water-Powered Look
Invented by Edmund Cartwright. Factories near rivers = more people in river/stream areas. -
Rousseau
ean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. His first major philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts , was the winning response to an essay contest conducted by the Academy of Dijon in 1750. In this work, Rousseau argues that the progression of the sciences and arts has caused the corruption of virtue and morality. www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau -
Railroads
Vital in success of Industrial Revolution. In 1804 the first steam locomotive was invented.
