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40 Cards in this Set
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Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
thoughts on logic and ethics
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Giovanni Borelli
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Philosopher on human mechanics
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Robert Boyle
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Physicist
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properties of air
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Tycho Brahe
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Astronomists |
theory of the structure of the solar system: the moon and sun orbit Earth and the remaining planets orbit the sun
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Otto Brunfels
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Astronomists
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compared his findings to Greek and Romans. differences in plant life produced by the variation in geography which clouded the field of botany
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Giordano Bruno
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Philosopher
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the world was of infinite size
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Nicolas Copernicus
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Astronomer- Earth orbited the Sun |
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Rene Descartes
Inventor of deductive reasoning |
invented geometry |
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Francis Bacon |
Philosopher thoughts on logic and ethics |
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Giovanni Borelli
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Philosopher on human mechanics |
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Robert Boyle
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Physicist properties of air respiration and combustion
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Tycho Brahe
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Astronomists theory of the structure of the solar system: the moon and sun orbit Earth and the remaining planets orbit the sun |
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Otto Brunfels
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Astronomists compared his findings to Greek and Romans. differences in plant life produced by the variation in geography which clouded the field of botany |
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Giordano Bruno
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Philosopher the world was of infinite size Earth Sun and planets all moved within it nothing located in the center
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Nicolas Copernicus |
Astronomer- Earth orbited the Sun |
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Rene Descartes |
invented geometry |
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Francis Bacon |
Philosopher thoughts on logic and ethics |
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Giovanni Borelli
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Philosopher on human mechanics
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Robert Boyle
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Physicist properties of air respiration and combustion
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Tycho Brahe
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Astronomists theory of the structure of the solar system: the moon and sun orbit Earth and the remaining planets orbit the sun
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Otto Brunfels
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Astronomists compared his findings to Greek and Romans. differences in plant life produced by the variation in geography which clouded the field of botany
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Giordano Bruno
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Philosopher the world was of infinite size Earth Sun and planets all moved within it nothing located in the center
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Nicolas Copernicus
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Astronomer- Earth orbited the Sun
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Rene Descartes
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Inventor of deductive reasoning
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invented geometry
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Leonard Fuchs
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Botanist produced a guide to collecting medical plants
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Galileo
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Astronomer combine the laws of physicals and observations to view the universe and reject the Aristotelian system
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Samuel Hartlib
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Socialite who was key in founding Royal Society of London
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William Harvey
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First to demonstrate circulation of human body is continuous
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Johannes Kepler
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Astronomer studied the orbit of the planets developed some laws on planetary motion
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Edme Mariotte
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Botanist explaining sap pressure liquid in but not out of plants
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Marcello Malpighi
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Microscopists studied insects and developed a theory of plant circulation
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John Napier
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Inventor math tool of logarithms
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Isaac Newton
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Formulated astronomical theories based on the law of universal gravitation
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Simon Stevin
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Mathematician developed the decimal system
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Evangelista Torricelli
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Invented the barometer to measure air pressure
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Jan Baptist van Helmont
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Alchemist invented the word gas and studied growth of plants
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Otto von Guericke
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Invented the air pump
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Andreas Vesalius
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worked on anatomy and the development of biology
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Francois Viete
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developed variables for unknown numbers
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John Wallis
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set the stage for the invention of calculus first to apply math to the operation of the tides |
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