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8 Cards in this Set
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Nicolaus Copernicus |
Heliocentric view of Universe |
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Galileo Galilei |
-Heliocentric view. -Gov. made him say 'I was wrong+won't contradict you anymore'. -house arrest for life |
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Tycho Brahe |
-Father of modern Astronomy -set up school for higher learning |
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Johannes Kepler |
-Laws of Planetary motion -worked for Brahe |
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Andreas Vesalius |
-Dissected people! -Father of Modern Biology -helped understand how organs work |
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Isaac Newton |
-Father of Modern Physics -Wrote Principia -Defined Laws of Motion -Discovered Gravity |
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Francis Bacon |
-Created Scientific Method -Scientists gain knowledge thru observation+experimentation |
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Rene Descartes |
-Father of Modern Rationalism -Believed: start w/ a doubt, find knowledge thru reason. -"I think, therefore, I am." |
