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| Although he came from an alchemy background, he became an ardet supporter of the scientific method |
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| Published the PRINCIPIA, containing all the essential concepts of physics |
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| Considered to be the philosophical influence behind the dawning of the Industrial Revolution |
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| The natural world is infinite |
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| Despite her gender, her father deemed her worthy of receiving a good education |
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| Mind-body dichotomy: existence is the only certainty |
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| Credited as first to use superscripts to express exponents |
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| Advocated freedom of religion, freedom of expression, separation of church and state |
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| Named both oxygen and hydrogen and predicted silicon and then was guillotined during the French Revolution |
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| Received criticism due to a rough and varying prose |
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| Disproved Aristotle's theory that heavier obkects fall faster than lighter ones |
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| ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE CELESTIAL SPHERES |
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| The first person to completely describe properties of blood being pumped to the body by the hearth |
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| Helped come up with seven of the fudamental philosphical principals and argued that space, time, and motion are relative |
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| Identified the inversely proportional relationship between P and V of a gas, if the temperature is constant within a closed system |
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| THE BLAZING WORLD is considered to be one of the first works of science fiction |
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| Perfected the scientific method |
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| His invention was widely used for rapid and complex calculations os proportion, volume, and square or cube roots before the inventions of logarithmic tables |
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| First woman to discover a comet |
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| Rationalism: reason is the primary way to knowledge |
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| Came up with biary language and the forluma for kinetic energy: mv2 |
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| Discovered that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same |
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| Good and evil are related to human's pleasure and pain |
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| Famous for wit and for attacks on the established Catholic Church |
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| Heliocentric theory was one of the first to claim that the Earth actually moves |
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| Influenced Etienne Balibar, Marilena Chaui and ruedrich Nietzche |
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| Starting point for the revolution in astronomy in Europe |
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| Mother's maiden name was Cooke |
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| LE OPERAZIONI DEL COMPASSO GEOMETRICO ET MILITARE |
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| OPTICKS explained his theories on light and color |
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| Developement of infinesimal calculus; argued with Newton for credit |
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| Claimed that women should be given the same opportunities for education and social status as are men |
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| Well educated but denied college admission because of gender |
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| Invented the Cartesian Plane, discovered the law of refraction |
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| Imprisoned in the Bastille for his written attacks on the Church and the government |
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| Helped construct the metric system, put together the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature |
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