Períodos
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
1632 - 1723
From Netherlands; made the microscopes which
which he was able to use to see first bacteria and
protozoa. This contributed to the revolution
because it disproved of generation of life theory.Andreas Vesalius
1514 - 1564
From Belgium; discovered the
systems of the body which contributed
to understanding of the body and
understanding the flow of blood
around the body.David Hume
1711 - 1776
From Scotland; Made the Treatise of Nature
(1739-1740) which said to make the
observation of man in psychological nature.
This impacted the revolution by saying that
human knowledge is from experience and
showed that humans have innate ideas.Francis Bacon
1561 - 1626
From England; argued/developed the scientific
method and said that scientific
knowledge is from careful observations and
inductive reasoning.Galileo Galilei
1564 - 1642
From Italy; invented the improved telescope
which contributed to revolution because he
was able to observe the "heavens" and
allowed to see planets for astronomy for
later generations.Isaac Newton
1643 - 1727
From England; Created calculus and formula
for gravity and laws of motion and gravity.
Calculus described how variables are in constant
motion and constant nature of mathematics
which changed math for people of the time.
Laws and motion/gravity described how things
are attracted to Earth' surface.Johannes Kepler
1571 - 1630
From Germany; discovered 3
planetary laws of motion. This lead
to astronomers seeing how planets
move around the sun, and lead
to discovery of day times and better
understanding of planetary motion.Nicolaus Copernicus
1473 - 1543
From Poland; Said the sun was center
of the universe and earth revolved
around it (Heliocentric Theory).
Challenged modern theory of Earth
being center of universe and made
new people recognize importance of
the sun.Paracelsus
1493 - 1541
From Switzerland; where he was first
to mix chemicals and minerals -
created medicine from toxic minerals.
This contributed to toxicology by creating new
methods to heal people with medicine
and keeping wounds uninfected.Pierre Bayle
1647 - 1706
From France; worked on encyclopedia of
The Historical and Critical Dictionary. This
impacted the revolution as it created
influential text which helped writers and
philosophers in their writings.Rene Descartes
1596 - 1650
From France; created analytical geometry
and worked on scientific method
and its direct reasoning. Analytical geometry
linked geometry and algebra for scientific
revolution, and his scientific method being
published as well led to modern day
use of scientific method.Robert Boyle
1627 - 1691
From England; Invented boyle's law,
performed controlled experiments,
was first to define element.
This helped chemistry and
comparing volume and temperature,
which lead to more controlled experiments
in scientific revolution.Tycho Brahe
1546 - 1601
From Denmark; Made theory mixed with
sun-centered and earth-centered
solar systems that said planets revolve
around sun, but sun revolves around
Earth.
This contributed to revolution by
rejecting the copernicus model which
made more people believe the sun
was the center of the solar system, but
revolved around the earth.William Harvey
1578 - 1657
From England; first to recognize
the full circulation of blood in
the human body.
This effected revolution because
doctors would now replace blood
that was lost in the body in order
to fulfill blood circulation.Margaret Cavendish
1623 - 1673
From England; She wrote about atomism, materialism,
Animal rights, gender equality, and etiquette.
This effected revolution by giving women more power
within education and within the social hierarchy. Also
spoke about manners and proper treatment of animals.Emilie du Chatelet
1706 - 1749
From France; explanation on energy and energy
conservation, and she translated Newton's
"Principia" into French.
This helped revolutionize science in France
and bring more knowledge among french
people in the revolution. Explanation on
energy showed women can be talented in
"advanced" topics and helped explain energy
to French people.
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