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Ptolemy
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Greatest astronomer of antiquity
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Geocentric
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Earth centered
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Heliocentric
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Sun centered
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Universal law of gravitation
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Why planets don't fly off into space
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Scientific method
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Procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence
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Nicholas copernicus
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Wrote "On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres"
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Galileo galilei
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First european to make regular observations of the heavens using the telescope
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Isaac newton
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Wrote principia
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John locke
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Wrote essay concerning human understanding
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Adam smith
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Father of modern economics
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Jean-jaques rousseau
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Came up with social contract
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Mary wollstonecraft
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Defended rights of women
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John wesley
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Founder of the methodist church
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Seperation of powers
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Different branches of government have specific powers
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Deism
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Religous phisolophy based on reason and law
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