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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus. the founder of modern astronomy. De Revolutionibus. Heliocentric Theory. Johannes Kepler. Mysterium Cosmographicum ( The Cosmographic Mystery ). German Used math to prove Copernicus theory

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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  1. Nicolaus Copernicus the founder of modern astronomy De Revolutionibus Heliocentric Theory

  2. Johannes Kepler MysteriumCosmographicum (The Cosmographic Mystery) German Used math to prove Copernicus theory discovered that the Earth and planets travel about the sun in elliptical orbits

  3. Galileo Galilei Italian - formulated the basic law of falling bodies – improved the telescope - discovered four moons revolving around Jupiter – supported Copernicus Starry Messenger Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican

  4. Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes France English A Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy NovumOrganum

  5. Isaac Newton English mathematician Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) work on optics and gravitation make him one of the greatest scientists the world has known

  6. Gabriel Fahrenheit and Anders Celsius Sweden Germany/Poland Observations on Determining the Shape of the Earth

  7. Robert Boyle Ireland Boyle's law – gas and pressure The ScepticalChymist The Father of Modern Chemistry

  8. Joseph Priestly England Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The History of the Present State of the Discoveries relating to Vision, Light and Colours

  9. Andreas Vesalius Belgium The Structure of the Human Body father of modern anatomy

  10. Edward Jenner English pioneered vaccination Small pox

  11. Thomas Hobbes “Leviathan” in 1651 Government should have absolute power and control England

  12. Calvin and Hobbes

  13. John Locke England “Declaration of the Rights of Man” 1690 Individual Rights Life, Liberty and Property

  14. Baron de Montesquieu “On the Spirit of Laws” 1748 France Separation of Powers

  15. Voltaire France Wrote over 70 books Including: “The Philosophical Dictionary” Freedoms and Rights Religion, Speech

  16. Jean Jacques Rousseau France “Social Contract” Individual Rights Government derives power from the People

  17. CesareBonesanaBeccaria Italy "On Crimes and Punishments" Cruel and Unusual punishments

  18. Mary Wollstonecroft England A Vindication of the Rights of Women Women’s Rights

  19. Thomas Jefferson 13 Colonies/United States The Declaration of Independence Individual Freedoms – protected by law Fair taxes

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