The Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

By: Kevin Ingram

Nicolas Copernicus• Field of Science: Astronomer

He thought the earth was not stationary he also said the earth turned on its axis once a day and he doubted the earth lay in the middle of the universe.

Johannes Kepler

• Field of Science: mathematician, astronomer and astrologer

Best known for his laws of planetary motion

Francis Bacon

• Field of Science: philosopher

father of the scientific method

Isaac Newton

• Field of Science: physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian

universal gravitation and the three laws of motion

Gabriel Fahrenheit

• Field of Science: physicist

best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709) and the mercury thermometer (1714)

William Harvey

• Field of Science: physician

first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart

Robert Boyle

• Field of Science: natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry

Tycho Brahe

• Field of Science: astronomer

known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations

Andreas Vesalius

• Field of Science: anatomist, physician, and author

often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy

Galileo Galilei

• Field of Science: physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher

His achievements include improvements to the telescope and consequent astronomical observations and support for Copernicanism.

Renes Descartes

• Field of Science: philosopher and writer

He has been dubbed the 'Father of Modern Philosophy'

Zacharias Janssen

• Field of Science: Optics, Microscopy, Telescopy

associated with the invention of the first optical telescope. Jansen is sometimes also credited for inventing the first truly compound microscope

Anders Celsius

• Field of Science: astronomer

he proposed the Celsius temperature scale which takes his name

Edward Jenner

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Robert Hooke

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Antoine Lavoisier

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