Revoutionary Scientist in 15 -18 century Flashcards
Students discover and identify Scientist with discovery during enlightenment.
What does Nicholas Copernicus discover?
Heliocentric theory-Sun is the center of all the planets.
Tycho Brah discovered
observed the movements of planets in a predictable manner.
Who proved mathematically that planets revolved around sun in a elliptical fashion?
Johannes Kepler
What did Galileo discover?
telescope, law of pendulum, falling objects fall predictable rates.
What did Francis Bacon contribute to modern science?
Scientific method
How did Rene Descartes prove Galileo’s theory?
By analytical Geometry, improvements on the scientific method (not just by observation but by math).
Who theorized about laws of motion, gravity , universal laws of the universe?
Isaac Newton
Who invented the first microscope?
Zacarias Jansen 1590
What did Anton Van Leeuenhock discover with the microscope?
Bacteria, red blood cells.
Who invented the mercury barometer?
Evangelista Torricelli
What did Garbriel Farenheit invent?
Fahrenheit thermometer
How did Anders Celsius add to Fahrenheit’s work?
created the celsius scale
Andreas Vesalius is the father of what mode of science?
Physiology
Who postulated that blood circulates through a system connected to the heart?
William Harvey
Who created the first vaccine for Small Pox?
Edward Jepner
