Key figures of the Scientific Revolution

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Key figures of the Scientific Revolution

• By Anahi, Hannah, and Timberly

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Andreas Vesalius

• Andreas was born on December 31, 1514.
• He was from Brussels.
• He studied anatomy, medicine and physiology. He
  earned his degrees at the University of Padua.

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• Andreas produced four large charts.
• He also produced a anatomical manual.
• He also published two works on anatomy Fabrica
  and Epitome.
• Vesalius also wrote Epistola.
• He then died on October 15, 1564.

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Copernicus

• Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473.
• He is also known as Nicolaus.
• Nicolaus was born in Torun, Poland.
• He studied mathematics, astronomy, geography and
  philosophy.

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• He received a good standard humanist education.
• He made several contributions to the scientific
  revolution.
• He also wrote De Revolutionibus
• He then passed on May 24, 1543.

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Galileo

• Galileo was born on February 15, 1564.
• He studied astronomy, mathematics, physics, and
  natural philosophy.
• He was educated in Monastery.

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• Galileo made contributions to mechanics.
• He made several astronomical discoveries.
• His observations made with his telescope led to
  the discovery of the satellites of Jupiter.
• He then died on January 8, 1642

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Isaac Newton

• He was born on January 4, 1643.
• He studied philosophy and astronomy.
• He had different versions of the three laws of
  motion.

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• Newton analyzed motion of bodies in resisting and
  non-resisting media through the action of
  centripetal.
• His physics applied to the entire field of
  knowledge and thought.
• He then died on march 31,1727.

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Johannes Kepler

• Kepler was born December 27, 1571
• He was from Weil der Stadt, Wurttemberg, Germany
• Johannes studied heliocentric astronomy

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• Kepler was educated in astronomy and he studied
  mathematics.
• He discovered the three laws of planetary motion.
• Johannes wrote astronomical tables and worked on
  cosmology.

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William Harvey

• Harvey was born in 1578.
• He was from England
• William studied anatomy and embryology

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• He earned a degree at Cambridge University.
• He proved that the heart receives and expels
  blood during each cycle.
• William published an anatomic study of the motion
  of the heart

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Carolus Linnaeus

• He was born May 23, 1707
• Carolus was from Stenbrohult, Sweden
• He was trained in botany.

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• Linnaeus revised the system of nature
• He discovered that plant taxonomy was based on
  the number and arrangement of reproductive organs
• He subscribed to the ideas of enlightenment.

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