Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) Heliocentrism
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Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
- Founder of human anatomy
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) - Advocated inductive reasoning
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Galileo Galilei - (1564-1642) Developed the Theory of Inertia
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Johann Kepler (1571-1630) Developed first laws of motion
William Harvey (1578-1657) Heart critical to circulation of the blood
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Rene Descartes (1595-1650) Father of modern rationalism "I think therefore I am"
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Robert Boyle - (1627-1691) Father of modern chemistry
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Develops 3 Laws of Motion
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Argued all life was in flux - theory of evolution
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Created Psychoanalysis
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Marie Curie (1867-1934 ) Developed the Theory of Radioactivity
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Giordano Bruno - 1600 Burned at the stake for Heresy - Proclaimed an infinite universe
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Galileo was forced to renounce his belief that the earth revolved around an orbit
