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17 Cards in this Set
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Alchemists
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Turned one substance into another - usually lead ingo told. Relied on "magic" rather than science.
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Copernicus
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From Poland
Proposed heliocentric model of universe Discovered when asked to create calendar to set religious holidays at same time every year - watches sky |
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Ptolemy
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Greek
Discovered formerly accepted geocentric model of earth |
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Kepler
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Discovered elliptical orbits
Heliocentric model could be supported mathematically German |
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Galileo
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Proved heliocentric model and earth's axis by looking through telescope
Saw rings around Saturn, Jupiter's moons Tried during inquisition, but renounced his beliefs |
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Vesalius
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Father of modern anatomy
Discovered males and females have same # of ribs Wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica - illustrations of brain, muscular system |
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Harvey
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British medical doctor
Described circulation & workings of blood vessels, heart Disproved food turns into blood |
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Descartes
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Jesuit education, military experience
Believed everything had to be proved, except basic ideas - "I think, therefore I am" Established method of inquiry based on scientific reasoning Deductive Reasoning Dualism of mind & body |
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Bacon
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Believed theories built only through observation and experiments
Proofs demonstrated physically, not through logic Inductive Reasoning Data, Experiments, Observation 4 Idols keep us from attaining enlightenment |
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Newton
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Published work combining ideas of Copernicus, Kepter, Galileo
Laws of motion and universal gravitation Explained movements of earth, planets - all bodies attract each other with measurable force |
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Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz
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German philosopher
Developed calculus, study of continuously changing quantities |
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Leeuwenhoek
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Dutch - Netherlands
Used microscope to discover bacteria - it's aliveee |
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Robert Boyle
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Founder of modern chemistry
Studied composition of materials and changes they undergo |
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Robert Hooke
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Identified cells in living matter
Used microscope to look at cork cells |
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Lavoisier
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Named oxygen
Proved fire not an element - rapid combustion of oxygen with another substance Showed matter is indestructible - law of conservation of matter |
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Joseph Priestly
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Discovered element later called oxygen
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Aristotle
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Earth motionless, center of universe
Ten spheres - 1-8=sun, moon, stars; 9-10 account for why stars appear to move, 10 is heaven Light elements - ^ air & fire Heavy elements - v water & earth Meshed with church! |
