Scientists Flashcards
Leo Di Vinci
studied bird wings, growth of plants
accurate paintings because of anatomy
Nicolaus Copernicus
Found flaws in Ptolemy’s system
Found that the sun was the center oof the universe (planets orbited around)
Leo Fuchs
The age of Herbals (botany)
Natural life (illustrations of many plants, first vocab terms)
Andreas Vesalius
-“The Fabric”
-Anatomy, doctor
-Studied disease
Conrad Gesner
-zoologist
-“history of animals”
-clasified animals (20 million species)
William Gilbert
-Father of experimental science
-Founder of magnetic and Electrical science
-“de Magnete”
Tycho Brache
-astronomer
- tycho star = supernova
-path of a comet
Francis Bacon
“biggest loser”
-Father of scientific method
-visonary
Galileo Galilei
-motion and mechanic
-Law of acceleration
-“improved” telescope
-“messenger of the Stars”
Johannes Kepler
-Astronomer, math
-Laws of planetary motion
-“new astronomy”
-planets travel on an “egg” shaped orbit
William Harvey
-Heart is a pump, not a heater
-how blood travels through veins
Rene Decartes
-philopher
-“I think therefore I am”
-Application of algebra
Robert Boyle
-Father of chemistry
-founder of royal society of London
-“Boyle law”
John Ray
Botny
-Natural theology
-classifying by features (roots, seeds)
Marcello Malpighi
-physician, biologist
-father of microscope anatomy
-studied animal organ and tissue
Christiaan Huygens
- true shape of Saturn rings
-theory of light
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
first to observe bacteria (how and why we get sick)
observation of muscles/ bugs mouths
Robert Hooke
physician
-law of elasticity
-all matters expand when it gets heated
Nehemiah Grew
physician, astronomy
reproductive organs of plants
Issac Newton
-law of gravity
-calculus (calculate slope of curve)
president of royal society of London
Edmund Halle
astronomer
Halleys comet
comets path/rotation/orination
