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| 234342583 | Scientific Revolution | The switch in mindset from science being theology and philosophy to science being mathematical and quantifiable. | |
| 234342584 | Aristotle | 384-322 B.C. A Greek philosopher who's thoughts were blindly accepted as truth for thousands of years. | |
| 234342585 | Ptolemy | 85-165 A Greek astronomer who proposed a geocentric model of the universe | |
| 234342586 | Archimedes of Syracuse | 287-212 B.C. Challenged the view of Aristotle that the natural state for all objects was at rest and that an "active mover" was required. | |
| 234342587 | Nicolaus Copernicus | (1473-1543) First to publish a major work that condemned the Aristotelian view of the universe and to propose a heliocentric model and propose that the earth was spinning. Published "Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres." | |
| 234342588 | "Concerning the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" | 1543, Written by Copernicus, condemns the Aristotelian view of the universe and proposes a heliocentric model. | |
| 234342589 | Nicholas of Cusa | 1401-1464 A German theologian who was one of the first to believe that the earth may be in motion. | |
| 234342590 | Galen | 129-210 A Greek who was the first to develop medical theories based on scientific experiments. | |
| 234342591 | Andreas Vesalius | 1514-1564 The founder of modern biological science, the first to assemble a human skeleton, and one of the first to reject old explanations for blood circulation. Published "On the Fabric of the Human Body." | |
| 234342592 | "On the Fabric of the Human Body" | Published in 1543 by Adreas Vesalius. A book that discussed the human body based on science and no philosophy. | |
| 234342593 | William Harvey | 1578-1657 solved the mystery of how blood circulates scientifically and not philosophically. | |
| 234342594 | Tycho Brahe | 1546-1601 Rejected Copernicus's views and was an observational scientist. Spent most of his life making tons of measurements and gathering a ridiculous amount of data. Owned a moose, had a gold silver alloy nose, and had a dwarf doorbell. | |
| 234342595 | Johannes Kepler | 1571-1630 Apprentice of Brahe, Applied mathematics to the heliocentric model of the universe and was the first to propose elliptical movements instead of perfect circles. | |
| 234342596 | William Gilbert | 1544-1603 An English Scientist who was the first to publish a book informed by laboratory experimentation. | |
| 234342597 | Sir Francis Bacon | 1561-1626 English Said that inductive reasoning, deciding things based on observation, is the way to go about gaining scientific knowledge. Said experiments needed to be quantifiable and repeatable. | |
| 234342598 | Galileo Galile | 1564-1642 First to do rigorous observations with a telescope and provided more observational evidence of the fact that the universe was heliocentric. Published "Dialogue Concerning Two World Systems-Ptolemaic and Copernican," "Property of Objects in Water," and "Sidereus Nuncius." | |
| 234342599 | Rene Descartes | 1596-1650 A french Mathematician and Philosopher that believed in deductive reasoning. Published "Discourse on Method." | |
| 234342600 | Discourse on Method | 1637 Said that you shouldn't blindly accept statements and that everyone should start with a blank slate. Descartes. | |
| 234342601 | Dialogue Concerning Two World Systems-Ptolemaic and Copernican | 1616 (I think) Published by Galileo and it argues for a heliocentric model. Galileo was Italian | |
| 234350152 | Sir Isaac Newton | 1642-1727 Combined Inductive and deductive reasoning to form the best way to go about doing science. Published "Principia" | |
| 234350153 | Principia | 1687 a book published by Newton laying down his three laws of motion and universal gravitation. | |
| 235026997 | Baruch Spinoza | 1632-1677 Dutch philosopher and mathematician who believed that thought and matter formed the two categories of reality. Called for toleration of all religions. | |
| 235026998 | Gottfried Leibniz | 1646-1716 A northern german philosopher and mathematician who argued that the universe was set in motion and god didn't need to intervene. | |
| 235026999 | Comenius (Jan Komensky) | 1592-1670 From Moravia, said that one day scientific knowledge should be brought together in a collaborative form. | |
| 235027000 | Marin Merseen | 1588-1637 In Paris, a monk, who translated Galileo's writings into French. | |
| 235027001 | Blaise Pascal | 1623-1662 A mathematician who originated the science of probability. French. | |
| 235027002 | Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | Formed in 1662 under Charles II, weekly meetings to discuss science. | |
| 235027003 | Edmund Halley | 1656-1742 An astronomer who catalogued and discovered the actual movement of the stars. | |
| 235027004 | John Locke | 1632-1704 Founder of British empiricism, who held that laws of society could be discovered. | |
| 235027005 | Christopher Wren | 1632-1723 a versatile architect who rebuilt some of London's churches because of the fire of 1666. | |
| 235027006 | Margaret Cavendish | 1623-1673 Hosted the "Newcastle circle," a informal gathering of distinguished scientists. | |
| 235027007 | Laura Bassi Veratti | 1711-1778 studied philosophy at the University of Bologna, and was elected to the Academy of Sciences. | |
| 235027008 | French Royal Academy of Science | 1666 French version of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledges, supported by the monarchy, spent a lot of time eating and drinking. | |
| 235027009 | Robert Hooke | 1635-1703 Improved the barometer, lived in england, improved the power of the microscope by adding multiple lenses. |
