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Rene Descartes
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He invented analytical geometry and is famous for the statement "I think, therefore I am"
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Andreas Vesalius
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He defied French law by dissecting human bodies, contradicting many beliefs about human anatomy.
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Francis Bacon
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This philosopher helped develop the scientific method.
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Galileo Galilei
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His belief that the earth was not the center of the universe (based on observations with his telescope) was banned by the Catholic church.
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Isaac Newton
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He revolutionized European thinking by applying the scientific method to math and science.
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He wrote "Principia" to mathematically explain the universe
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Newton
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Robert Hooke
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He discovered the cell.
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William Harvey
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He discovered how the circulatory system works.
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Robert Boyle
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He criticized alchemists, proved there were more than four basic elements, and defined elements as something that cannot be broken down into simpler parts.
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Priestley and Lavoisier
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They studied the properties of air and its elements.
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Alchemists
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These early chemists were much like sorcerors and believed in the existence of only four basic elements.
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Hypothesis
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Theories that attempt to explain a set of facts
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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A Polish astronomer who theorized that the earth was round and rotated on an axis around the sun.
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Johannes Kepler
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He mathematically proved Copernicus's theories that the earth was round and rotated on an axis while circling the sun; he also found that it "circled" on an oval path.
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He invented calculus
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Newton
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