| NAME |
INFO |
| Copernicus | 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) |
