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23 Cards in this Set
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John Napier
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logarithm tables(1614)
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Evangelista Torricelli
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mercury barometer (1643)
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Thomas Savery
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steam engine (1698)
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Tycho Brache
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discovered that the planets orbited the sun and the sun orbited the earth.
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William Harvey
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a doctor, wrote a book called "De motu cordis" (on the movement of the heart and blood)
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Edmund Halley
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knowledge of astronomy and magnetism.
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Johannes Kepler
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discovered the the planets orbits the sun but not in a circular motion.
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Nicholas Copernicus
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heliocentric theory
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Blaise Pascal
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calculator (1642)
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Andreas Vesalius
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he published a book named "The Fabric of the Human Body".
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Johannes Gutenberg
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printing press (1450s)
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Paracelsus
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he found the early form of Homeopathy
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Mercator
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Map maker
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Galileo
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telescope (1592)
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Robert Hooke
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microscopes (1665)
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Francis Bacon
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had different scientific methods in a series of essays and books.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
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a famous painter, scientist,sculptor, musician,architect,and and ingenious inventor. He is well known for his painting the "Mona Lisa".
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Christian Huygens
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pedulum clock (1656)
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Isaac Newton
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reflecting telescope (1668)
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Marcello Malpighi
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he found the tiny linking vessels(capillaries)
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Robert Boyle
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studied the nature on vacuum(a vacuum is a closed space from which everything, including air, has been removed.)
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John Ray
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a Botanist
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Rene' Descartes
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studied mathematics and philosophy
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