Who were the great scientists of the Scientific Revolution?

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• Who were the great scientists of the Scientific
  Revolution?

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• Copernicus
• A clergyman from Poland
• Astronomer
• Authority on church law
• Supported heliocentric model

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• The earth revolves around the sun.
• The earth moves!

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• Published findings in 1543
• It was the year he died.

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• Johannes Kepler formulated the three laws of
  planetary motion.
• Planets follow elliptical paths around the sun.
• Planets revolve at different speeds.
• Speed is determined by distance from sun.

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• Galileo Galilei
• Professor of mathematics
• Accepted heliocentric model
• Built a telescope
• Had visual evidence that supported Copernicus

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• Church officials threatened to burn Galileo at
  the stake if he did not recant.
• Galileo recanted.

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• Sir Francis Bacon promoted the scientific method.
• He described how scientists such as Galileo used
  the method to study the world.

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• Rene Descartes encouraged scientists and thinkers
  to question all established ideas.

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• Sir Isaac Newton developed the law of universal
  gravitation.

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• Anton can Leeuwenhoek helped to develop the
  microscope.

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• Andreas Vesalius performed autopsies to
  understand human anatomy.
• He created illustrations about the human body.