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| 284966728 | Ptolemaic system | Idea: Earth is the center of the universe surrounded by planets and stars. Whose Idea: Cladius Ptolemy When Made: 2nd century A.D Problem Addressed: Cladius created a diagram out of Aristotle theory Solution Proposed: The universe revolves around earth. Earth is the center of the universe Long-term significance:The Ptolemaic system had other theories branch off from it. | 0 | |
| 284966729 | Geocentric | Idea: Earth was the center of the universe Whose idea: Aristotle When Made: 4th century B.C Problem Addressed: What the universe looked like Solution Proposed: Gave people an idea of what the universe looked like and how it was mapped out Long-term significance: Gave a reasonable solution to what the universe could look like | 1 | |
| 284966730 | Tycho Brahe | Name: Tycho Brahe Profession: Danish nobleman When held: 1473-1543 Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Provided accurate info Long-term impact: He showed people how to record accurate info and people branched off from his data to go on and make other theories | 2 | |
| 284966731 | heliocentric | Idea: The sun is the center of the universe Whose idea: Nicholas Copernicus When Made: early 1500's Problem Addressed: Why the planets orbited the way they do Solution Proposed: The planets revolved around the sun in something called orbits Long-term significance: Gave scientist and philosophers a more reasonable idea of what the universe looked like | 3 | |
| 284966732 | rationalism | the principal that human reason is the source of knowledge | 4 | |
| 284966733 | Scientific Method | Idea: A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas Whose idea: idea is based off Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo's scientific thinking When Made: 1642-ish Problem Addressed: Help get accurate more correct information Solution Proposed: This method provides a better way to get accurate information Long-term significance:People will now get more accurate info as before | 5 | |
| 284966734 | Scientific Revolution | Idea: A change in European thought Whose idea: Europeans When Made: mid-1500s Problem Addressed: The scientific revolution was meant to enhance thought of people to answer difficult questions Solution Proposed: If people had careful observation and the willingness to question accepted beliefs people would be smarter Long-term significance: Without the scientific revolution we would have no scientific method that early in time and the world would not be as smart | 6 | |
| 284966735 | Galileo | Name:Galileo Galilei Profession: Italian renaissance man When held: 1564-1642 Where held: Italy Major accomplishments: Constructed first refracting telescope, Created the law of inertia, Wrote a book called " The Dialogue Concerning The Two Chief World Systems" (1632) Long-term impact: Gave people a lot of info and things to think about. He also invented the refracting telescope | 7 | |
| 284966736 | Francis Bacon | Name:Francis Bacon Profession: English states man and writer When held: 1600s Where held: England Major accomplishments: He created the empiricism/ the experimental method Long-term impact: Without Bacon scientists probably would not know to draw conclusions | 8 | |
| 284966737 | Isaac Newton | Name:Isaac Newton Profession: English scientist When held:1642-1727 Where held: England Major accomplishments: Discovered principals of limitless universe, Discovered gravitation, Created laws of motion, Developed calculus and demonstrated spectrum Long-term impact: Without Newton we would probably not have calculus | 9 | |
| 284966738 | hypothesis | Idea: proposed explanation for a phenomenon Whose idea: Plato When Made: 17th century Problem Addressed: Allowed scientists to further their research Solution Proposed: Gave scientists a testable question Long-term significance: Without a hypothesis scientists would not know what their actually testing | 10 | |
| 284966739 | Nicholas Copernicus | Name:Nicholas Copernicus Profession: Polish Cleric When held: 1473-1543 Where held: Poland Major accomplishments: Created the idea of a heliocentric universe, Published "On the revolution of celestial spheres" (1543) Long-term impact: Without Copernicus we would never of had the idea of a heliocentric universe | 11 | |
| 284966740 | René Descartes | Name:René Descartes Profession: French Scientist When held:1600s Where held: France Major accomplishments: Developed analytical geometry, which linked algebra and geometry Long-term impact: Provided an important tool for scientific research | 12 | |
| 284966741 | Johannes Kepler | Name:Johannes Kepler Profession: German Mathematician When held: 1543 Where held: Germany Major accomplishments: He created Kepler's First Law Long-term impact: Would never know the planets moved in a elliptical motion | 13 | |
| 284966742 | Zacharias Janssen | Name:Zacharias Janssen Profession: Dutch maker of eyeglasses When held: 1590 Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Invented the first microscope Long-term impact: Would never of had a microscope | 14 | |
| 284966743 | Anton van Leeuwenhoek | Name:Anton van Leeuwenhoek Profession: Dutch drapery merchant and armature scientist When held: 1670s Where held: Denmark Major accomplishments: Used a microscope to observe bacteria in tooth scrapings, also was the first to observe red blood cells Long-term impact: We would never of discovered those things that early | 15 | |
| 284966744 | Evangelista Torricelli | Name:Evangelista Torricelli Profession: Galileo's student When held: 1643 Where held: Italy Major accomplishments: Developed the first mercury barometer Long-term impact: We would never of has a mercury barometer | 16 | |
| 284966745 | Gabriel Fahrenheit | Name:Gabriel Fahrenheit Profession: German Physicist When held: 1714 Where held: Germany Major accomplishments: Made the first thermometer to have mercury in glass Long-term impact: We would never of had a thermometer to have mercury in glass | 17 | |
| 284966746 | Anders Celsius | Name:Anders Celsius Profession: Swedish Astronomer When held: 1714 Where held: Sweden Major accomplishments: Created another scale for the mercury thermometer Long-term impact: We would never of had another scale for a mercury thermometer | 18 | |
| 284966747 | Andreas Vesalius | Name:Andreas Vesalius Profession: Flemish Physician When held: 1742 Where held: Finland Major accomplishments: Proved Galen's assumptions wrong Long-term impact: We would of thought Galen's assumptions were right | 19 | |
| 284966748 | Edward Jenner | Name:Edward Jenner Profession: British Physician When held: 1700s Where held: Great Britain Major accomplishments: introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox Long-term impact: We would never of had a vaccine for small pox that early in human life | 20 | |
| 284966749 | Robert Boyle | Name:Robert Boyle Profession: scientist When held:1661 Where held: ??? Major accomplishments: Found modern chemistry Long-term impact:would not of had modern chemistry | 21 |
