Scientists

Sir Francis Bacon

• Creates Royal Society for organizing knowledge

• Philosophers will change the world for the better

Edmund Halley

• English astronomer and mathematician

• Known for finding a comet in the sky and people believed it was sent by the gods

• Halley studies the comets and predicts when it would reappear based on its orbital pattern

• He predicted correctly and it’s now known as Halley’s Comet

Carolus Linnaeus

• Swedish Botanist

• Developed binomial nomenclature for naming organisms

• This helped scientists categorize nature, plants, and animals

• Creates a hierarchical classification from general to specific which helps scientists organize nature 

Robert Boyle

• Irish chemist and natural philosopher

• Known for work in gas and pressure

• Realized that as gas decreases, pressure increases

• Important for steam pressure which is important as Scientific Revolutions leads to Industrial Revolution, which is driven by steam power

Robert Hooke

• English Polymath

• Known for work with springs and understanding its powers

• Creates Hooke’s Law

  • Force required to extend or compress a spring is proportional to teh displacement fo the spring 

• His ideas would be applied to technology such as mechanical clock and suspension system in vehicles

Georges-Louis-Leclerc Comte de Buffon (Buffon)

• French naturalist and mathematician

• Known for his works with geological history and understanding earth’s age

• His works challenge church’s views, but since he’s a part of the scientific revolution which is all about developing new ideas

Charles Bonett

• Mathematician from Geneva

• Known for challenging the accepted belief that life spontaneously appears

• Placed meat in a sealed and unsealed jar and life only appeared in unsealed jar