| A | B |
|---|
| Nicolaus Copernicus | On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres |
| Tycho Brahe | Built the best observatory in Europe and collected massive data on his observations of the universe |
| Johannes Kepler | Three laws of planetary motion |
| Galileo Galilei | Was the first to use the telescope as a scientific instrument; he built one himself |
| Francis Bacon | empiricism and inductive method |
| Rene Descartes | "I think; therefore I am" |
| Isaac Newton | Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy |
| William Harvey | On the Movement of the Heart and Blood |
| John Locke | Two Treatises of Civil Government |
| Baron de Montesquieu | Spirit of the Laws |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Social Contract |
| Denis Diderot | The Encyclopedia |
| Marquis Di Beccaria | On Crimes and Punishment |
| Adam Smith | Wealth of Nations |
