| A | B |
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| Nicolau Copernicus | the earth is round and rotates on an axis |
| Johannes Kepler | developed further on copernicus' ideas.found that the planet rotated around the sun in ellipses. |
| Galileo Galilei | developed the idea of inertia, made a telescope and first to study the stars. placed under house arrest due to the inquisition. |
| Francis Bacon | developed the scientific method. |
| Rene Descartes | inventor or analytic geometry.saw mathematics as a model for clear and certain knowledge. |
| Isaas Newton | laws of motion.founded calculus.famous book is principia. |
| Andreas Vesalius | studied the human body |
| William Harvey | discovered that blood circulates throguhout the body. |
| Robert Hooke | dicovered the human cells using a microscope. |
| Robert Boyle | furthered the study of chemistry.upheld the belief that all matter was made up of 4 elements: earth,fire,water, and air. |
| Joseh Priestly | discovered the existance of oxygen. |
| Antoine Lavoisier | discovered that when items burn they consume oxygen. |
| Thomas Hobbes | Leviathan.thought people were selfish and greedy.developed the phrase "voice of the people". |
