Scientific Revolution

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Scientific Revolution
By Amy Westbrook and
Mason Henderson
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Andreas Vesalius

• Born in 1514
• Lived in Brussels
• Studied anatomy and physics.
• Died in 1564

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Education and Contributions of Andreas Vesalius

• Education
• Vesalius attended university of Louvain.
• Later attended university of Paris.
• Studied for 3 years on medicine and developed an
  interest in anatomy.
• Vesalium obtained his medical degree and a job as
  a lecturer on surgery.

• Scientific Revolution
• He wrote the revolutionary texts, De humani
  corporis fabrica on the human body.

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Technological Advances of the Scientific
Revolution

• These were the most accurate and comprehensive
  anatomical text to date and led to his
  appointment as physican to the holy roman emperor
  Charles v.
• EFFECTS ON ENLIGHTENMENT
• Helped enlightenment thinkers become smarter on
  parts of the human body.

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William Harvey

• Born 1578
• Died 1657
• From He lived in England most of his life.
• Science He studied Physics

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Education and Contributions of William Harvey

• EDUCATION
• He attended Cambridge University and Studied
  Physics at the University of Padua.

• CONTRIBUTIONS
• William Harvey discovered the reproduction of
  humans and mammals while at the University of
  Cambridge.

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Technological advances of the scientific
revolution.

• He had a thought out a theory on human and mammal
  reproduction and his theory was so well thought
  out everyone assumed it was right.
• Effects on Enlightenment
• He helped people understand the reproductive
  system and the way reproduction works.

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Carolus Linnaeus

• Born May 23,1707
• Died January 10, 1778
• From Sweden
• Science Botany

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Education and Contributions of Carolus Linnaeus

• EDUCATION
• Entered the university of Lund in 1727 to study
  medicine.
• And then later transferred to the university of
  uppsala the most prestigious university of Sweden
  where he collected and studied plants.

• Contributions
• Presented his classification of plants largely on
  basis of the number of stamens and pistil in the
  flower.

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Technological advances of the Scientific
revolution

• Establish the modern binomial system of
  nomenclature for plants and animals.
• ENLIGHTENMENT

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Nicolous Copernicus

• Born Feb 19, 1473
• Died May 24, 1543
• From Torun, Poland
• Science Copernicus studied Astronomy

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Education and Contributions of Nicolous Copernicus

• Education
• He attended the university of Krakow.
• He studied art at Bologna and medicine at padua.

• Contributions
• The enucation of the heliocentric theory was his
  contribution to the scientific revolution.
• Copernicus marked the beginning of the scientific
  revolution

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Technological advances of the scientific
revolution

• Copernicus agreed to commit to print the theory
  already outlined in 1514.
• Effect of the Enlightenment
• Helped people think more about astronomy and
  science.

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Galilei Galileo

• Born Feb15, 1564
• Died Jan 8, 1642
• From Pisa (now Italy)
• Science He studied Philosophy

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Education and Contributions of Galileo

• He enrolled in the university of Pisa to reserve
  his medical degree.
• He later received his degree and went to work at
  a medical hospital.

• He wrote his first scientific book which
  described Archimedes method of finding specific
  gravities.

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Galileos Technological advances to the
Scientific Revolution

• He proved that the milky way was made up of tiny
  stars.
• Effects on the Enlightenment
• Come up with a theory and Made people realize
  what the constitution of stars was.

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Isaac Newton

• Born Jan 4, 1643
• Died March 31, 1727
• From England
• Study of Science Philosophy

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Education and contributions

• Education
• Went to Cambridge university and got his science
  degree.

• Contributions
• He recorded his thoughts in a book Questions
  called Quaestiones Quadam Philosophicae.

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Technological advances to the scientific
revolution.

• Newton was introduced to the most advanced
  mathematical texts by his studies.
• Enlightenment
• He brought a new way of studying mathematics to
  the world.

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Johannes Kepler

• Kepler was born on December 27,1571 he died on
  November 15,1630.
• He was from Germany and studied astronomy and
  Arithmetic.

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Education and Contributions

• Education
• He entered the University of Tubingen.

• Contributions
• He had the first cosmological model

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Technological advances to the scientific
revolution.

• His model was suppose to replace the planets but
  with less space between them.
• Enlightenment
• He helped people understand more about the
  planets and space.

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