The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
By: Kevin Ingram
Nicolas Copernicus
• Field of Science: Astronomer
He thought the earth was not stationary he also said the earth turned on its axis once a day and he doubted the earth lay in the middle of the universe.
Johannes Kepler
• Field of Science: mathematician, astronomer and astrologer
Best known for his laws of planetary motion
Francis Bacon
• Field of Science: philosopher
father of the scientific method
Isaac Newton
• Field of Science: physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian
universal gravitation and the three laws of motion
Gabriel Fahrenheit
• Field of Science: physicist
best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709) and the mercury thermometer (1714)
William Harvey
• Field of Science: physician
first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart
Robert Boyle
• Field of Science: natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry
Tycho Brahe
• Field of Science: astronomer
known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations
Andreas Vesalius
• Field of Science: anatomist, physician, and author
often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy
Galileo Galilei
• Field of Science: physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism.
Renes Descartes
• Field of Science: philosopher and writer
He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'
Zacharias Janssen
• Field of Science: Optics, Microscopy, Telescopy
associated with the invention of the first optical telescope. Jansen is sometimes also credited for inventing the first truly compound microscope
Anders Celsius
• Field of Science: astronomer
he proposed the Celsius temperature scale which takes his name
Edward Jenner
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Robert Hooke
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Antoine Lavoisier
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