AP Euro: People of the Scientific Revolution

Aristotle

motionless earth, geocentric theory, ten concentric crystal spheres rotated by the angels

Thomas Aquinas

brings Aristotle into harmony with Christian doctrine

Nicholas Copernicus

Copernican hypothesis; heliocentric theory, spherical planetary orbits

Tycho Brahe

the observatory guy, has a lot of data (Rudolphine Tables) but didn't really know how to use it

Johannes Kepler

elliptical orbits, planets do not move at uniform speeds, the time a planet takes to complete its orbit is precisely related to its distance from the sun

Galileo Galilei

provides empirical support for the Copernican theory, created one of the first telescopes and discovered some of Jupiter's moons

Isaac Newton

three laws of motion, key feature: Law of Universal Gravitation

Francis Bacon

empirical method

René Descartes

"I think; therefore, I am", dualism (all substances are either matter or mind)

Galen (Ancient Greece)

4 humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile), bodily disorders arose from an imbalance of humors

Andreas Vesalius

studied anatomy by dissecting executed criminals' bodies

William Harvey

circulation of blood n stuff

Anton von Leeuwenhoek

used the microscope to advance discoveries in anatomy

Robert Boyle

vacuum tube, Boyle's Law (P/V)

Paracelsus

pioneered the use of medical drugs