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Nicolaus Copernicus.
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The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory
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Francis Bacon
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The scientific method.
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Isaac Newton
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Law of universal gravitation
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Andreas Vesalius
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analyzed human anatomy and disected human bodies.
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Scientific process
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Observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
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Law of universal gravitation
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Every object in the universe attracts every other object
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Heliocentric theory
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Sun centered
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Geocentric theory
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Earth centered
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Kepler
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Used math to prove the accuracy of Copernicus's basic ideas about the motion of the planets, said paths are eliptical.
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Philosophe
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French word for philosopher
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Boyle
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Scientific method in chemistry is considered the founder of modern chemistry
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Galileo
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Said the moon was made of matter (stuff), rather than being pure orbs of light
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Galen
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Ancient Greek physician that everyone believed until the Scientific Revolution
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Torricelli
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Credited for inventing the mercury barometer
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Fahrenheit
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Credited for inventing the thermometer in 1714
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