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Scientists to know

The Scientific Revolution. Scientists to know. ASTRONOMY. Nicolaus Copernicus Johannes Kepler Galileo. Heliocentric Theory-Sun centered universe Planets revolve around sun in elliptical orbits Built 1 st telescope (1609); discovered Saturn, craters on moon, moons of Jupiter.

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Scientists to know

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  1. The Scientific Revolution Scientists to know

  2. ASTRONOMY • Nicolaus Copernicus • Johannes Kepler • Galileo • Heliocentric Theory-Sun centered universe • Planets revolve around sun in elliptical orbits • Built 1st telescope (1609); discovered Saturn, craters on moon, moons of Jupiter

  3. PHYSICS AND MATH • Sir Isaac Newton • Newtonian Physics-Clockwork Universe • Discovers law of universal gravitation • Developed calculus to predict effects of gravity • Constructs concept of universe as “orderly system governed by a set of fixed natural laws”(Clockwork Universe)

  4. BIOLOGY • Andreas Vesalius • William Harvey • Study of human anatomy • Heart as a pump; accurate description of circulatory system

  5. Continued … • Janssen • Robert Hooke • Janssen developed1st microscope • Discovers the cell (building block of life)

  6. CHEMISTRY • Robert Boyle • Lavoisier • Father of modern chemistry; Boyle’s Law • Law of the Conservation of Mass (Mass can neither be created or destroyed)

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