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Who was roger bacon
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was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods
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Scientific Revolution
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The scientific revolution took place from the sixteenth century through the seventeenth century and saw the formation of conceptual, methodological, and institutional approaches to the natural world that are recognizably like those of modern science.
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Scientific Method
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The scientific method is a way to ask and answer scientific questions by making observations and doing experiments
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Geocentric Theory
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It was developed to explain how the planets, the Sun, and even the stars orbit around the Earth. The geocentric theory has existed even before Ptolemy though.
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Heliocentric Theory
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The heliocentric model is a theory that places the Sun as the center of the universe, and the planets orbiting around it. The heliocentric model replaced geocentrism, which is the belief that the Earth is the center of the universe
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center.
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Galileo Galileo
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often known mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
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Johannes Kepler
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Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution, he is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion
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Who was Isaac Newton
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Sir Isaac Newton PRS MP was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time and as a key figure in the scientific revolution.
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Andreas Vesalius
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Andreas Vesalius was a Brabantian anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy
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Who was Rene Descartes
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic
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Who was Francis Bacon
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English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator and author.
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Who was Robert Boyle
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was an Irish 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Born in Lismore County
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What is a Compass
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an object that tells from north, east, west and south
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Joint- Stock Company
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is a business entity which is owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns the portion of the company in proportion
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