Education: Poland & England,
Rejected by Christianity,
Inspired Galileo,
On the Revolutions of the Heavanly Spheres-1543,
Sun center of the universe - heliocentric,
Rotation on axis = day
Brahe
Nobleman,
20 years of star/planet movement observations
Kepler
Raised to be Lutheran minister,
became math/astronomy teacher,
3 laws of planetary motion
Galileo
Taught math,
Condemned by Roman Inquisition,
1st to observe sky with telescope,
"The Starry Messenger",
"Duologue on the 2 Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic & Copernican",
Sun center
Newton
From England,
Studied and taught at Cambridge,
Invented calculus,
"Principia",
Universal law of gravitation,
3 laws of motion
Galen
Greek physician (anatomy, physiology, diseases),
Dissected animals,
2 blood systems,
4 humors need to be balanced,
Paracelsus
Ill-tempered, drunk,
Diseases caused by chemical imbalances,
Father of Modern Medicine
Andreas Vesalius
royal surgeon,
"On the Fabric of the Human Body" - illustrated book on human dissection,
All skeletons the same
William Harvey
Attended Cambridge,
Physician of 2 kings,
"On the Motion of the Heart and Blood",
Heart start of blood flow,
veins & arteries - same blood
Margaret Cavendish
Humans masters of nature through science,
1st woman to write publications
"Observations upon Experimental Philosophy"
"Grounds of Natural Philosophy"
Maria Merian
Entomologist,
Learned illustration from father,
"Metamorphosis of the Insects in Surinam",
Researched development & reproduction
Maria Winkleman
Educated by father & uncle,
Married Gottfried Kirch,
Was denied position @ Berlin,
Discovered a comet
querelles de femmes
Arguments on women,
Men need to control them,
easily swayed,
Women say rational & can grow from education
Rene Descartes
In 30 years' war,
Father of Modern Rationalism,
Jesuit educatiobn,
"Discourse on Method",
Separation of mind over matter
Francis Bacon
lawyer,
"The Great Instauration",
Made scientific method,
Correct generalizations through it
Benedict de Spinoza
Excommunicated by religion
"Ethics Demonstrated in the Geometrical Manner",
Ethics,
Pantheism (monism),
Only God completely free,
God is universe
Blaise Pascal
Frech scientist & mathematician,
tried to unite religion and science - failed,
"Penses" (Thoughts)
