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Chapter 22 People Wh
World History Chapter 22 People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Edward Jenner | Created a vaccine to prevent small pox. Worlds first vaccination. |
| Robert Boyle | Math relationship between pressure and volume of gases. Boyles Law. |
| Isaac Newton | Law of gravity |
| Zacharias Janssen | Invents microscope in 1590. |
| Anders Celsius | A scale for temperature showing freezing at 0 degrees |
| Evangelista Torricelli | Invents the barometer in 1643 that helps with predicting weather. |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Used a microscope to observe bacterial. Discovers red blood cells. |
| Galileo Galiei | Theories of astronomy. Starry Messenger- Jupiter had 4 moons. Laws of motion (supports Copernicus) |
| Thomas Hobbes | believed strong government provided law and order |
| John Locke | believed in self government, life liberty, and property. Modern democracy, overthrow government if rights are not protected |
| Voltaire | fought for tolerance reason, and freedom of religion and speech. Targeted clergy, aristocracy, and government. |