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Scientific revolution

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New way of thinking about the natural world

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Polish cleric and astronomer

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Heliocentric theory

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Sun centered-did not explain completely why the planets orbited the way they did

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Johannes Kepler

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Brilliant mathematician

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Galileo Galilei

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Italian student that watched a chandelier swing on its chain

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Scientific method

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Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

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Francis bacon

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English politician and writer had a passionate interest in science

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Rene Descartes

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Took a keen interest in science

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Isaac Newton

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Helped to bring together their breakthroughs under a single theory of motion

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