scientific revolution
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- Nicolaus Copernicus
- proposed a heliocentric universe
- Galileo
- built a telescope and discovered mountains on the moon,. sun spots and 4 moons revolving around Jupiter
- Francis Bacon
- proposed observation as a new scientific method
- Robert Hooke
- discovered cells
- Johannes Kepler
- supported Copernicus ideas but planets move in ellipses
- William Harvey
- discovered circulation - pumping blood in the heart
- Sir Isaac Newton
- invented calculus, law of gravity
- Rene Decarthes
- founder of modern rationalism
- Hindu-arabic system
- number system we use today
- white light
- made up of different colors
- Ptolemy's theory
- geocentric universe - sun, moon and planets revolved around earth