Andreas Vesalius Accomplishments

Andreas Vesalius discovered modern day human anatomy that we use today to help us with surgeries, medical school, etc.. Vesalius discoveries have shaped our medical school to be the way it is today. His scientific reasoning has had an immense impact on the way we do things today. In this paper I will be discussing Andreas’ background/personal information, his college adventures, his inspirations, what was known before his discoveries, and other scientists alive at his time. Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels, Belgium on December 31st, 1514 to Andries van Wesele, his father, and Isabel Crabbe, his mother. Andreas was 1 of 4 children in his family, he had two brothers and one sister (“Famous Scientists”). His father and grandfather were …show more content…
They were, Copernicus (1473-1543), Galileo (1564-1642), Kepler (1572-1630, and Brahe (1546-1601) (“Historical Setting”). Copernicus was studying the Ptolemaic system, which he was trying to prove that the planets in the solar system appear to move backwards or reverse motions sometimes (“Historical Setting”). The next scientist was Galileo, who was studying Astronomy. He did not discover the telescope but he did use it to make his discoveries. Galileo was the first scientists to discover craters on the moon, and that there were different phases on Venus (“Historical Setting”). Another scientist was named, Kepler, he was studying the Astronomy as well. He was known as one of the last “scientific astrologers.” Being that he studied astronomy Kepler was trying to explain when the spacing of planet orbits are in the solar system. He also found many relationship between the planets, which corresponded with numbers, and formed three laws called the “Kepler’s Laws” (“Historical Settings”). The final scientist during Andreas’ time was Newton. Newton studied and did experiments on the basis of color and the wavelengths that are associated with light (“Historical