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famous people
isaac newton etc..
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10th Grade
03/24/2009

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ISAAC NEWTON
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-took physics at cambridge university

- law of universal grvaitation

- The mathematical principles of Natural Philosophy

-compared earth to a clock

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BECCARIA
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-abolishment of torture
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Antoine Lavoisier
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- discovery of the make up of water

- combustion & respiration all as a function of oxygen

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THOMAS HOBBES
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- believed people need powerful ruler because humans are naturally cruel

Leviathan

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WILLIAM HARVEY
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- recognized full circulation of teh blood in the human body

- An Anatomical Study of The Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals.

-Essays on the genertaion of animals

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FRANCIS BACON
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- english statesman and writer

- empricism ( experimenting then drawing a conclusion)

-criticized medical scholars

- Novum Organum

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ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOOK
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- he used microscope to observe bacteria and red blood cells

- basis for microbiology

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ANDRES CELSIUS
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- mercury thermometer

- freezing point 0

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Zach Janseen
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- the first microscope
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CHATELET

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- frotuante women to get education in science

-translated newton's work from lating to French

- simulate interest in science in France

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Toricelli
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-first mercury barometer

-measuring atmospheric pressure and predicting weather

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SOCIAL CONTRACT
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- handing over rights to a strong ruler in exchnage for law and order
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GALEN
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-studied anatomy of animals. Thought it was the same as the humans
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JOHN LOCKE
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- three natural laws LIFE, LIBERTY and PROPERTY

- Belived government should only be there to protect the rights.

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KEPLER
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-HELIOCENTRIC THOERY

-belived planets revolved in eliptical orbits instead of circles

- proved certain mathematical laws govern planetary motion

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COPERNICUS
Definition

- HELIOCENTRIC THEORY

- believed stars, earth and planets all revolved around teh sun

- On The Revolutions Of The Heavenly Body

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JENNER
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- vaccine to prevent smallpox

- inoculation ( injecting germ )

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Woll Stone Craft
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- A vindication of The Rights of Woman

- belived in women having more rights

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Priestly
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- discovered oxygen

- discovered hydrochloris acid and sulfuric acid

- detailed write of Franklin's kite experiment

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Galileo
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-HELIOCENTRIC THEORY

- church rejected his book

-observed and recorded the planets ( ex. texture )

- Starry Messenger ( Magazine )

- helped with penjalum

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Voltaire
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- 70 political essays

-sent to prison twice and exiled to France

- believed in Freedom Of Speech and Religion

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Brahe
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-belived Copernicus' theory

- he studied the movements of planets.

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Vesalius
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- proved Galen wrong

- On The Structure of The Human Body

-disected corpses

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BOYLE
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- founder of modern chemistry

- Mattter is made up of tiny particles

- His own law

- Scpetical Chemist

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Montosquieu
Definition

-On The Sprirt Of The Laws

- he belived in everyone in government having their own power

- won recognition for his essays

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GABRIEL FARENHEIT

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- mercury thermometer, freezing point 32
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Descartes
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- using math in reasoning experiments

- DISCOURSE ON METHOD

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ROUSSEAU
Definition

- The Social Contract

- a direct democracy for government

- commited to individual freedom

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