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What contributions did Galileo have to astronomy in the Renaissance era?
He created the telescope and discovered mountains and craters on the moon
Who made the idea that the sun is in the middle of the solar system?
Copernicus
Was Isaac Newton alive during the Renaissance?
Yes
What was Isaac Newtons main ideas and contributions in the renaissnace?
Made the laws of motion and gravity and explained how energy moves
Who is Andreas Vesalius and what were his contributions to anatomy in the Renaissance?
He studied the human body by experimenting and dissections and helped correct the mistakes that were made about the functions of the body
What was the printing press and how did it affect science at the time?
Printing books in large quantities made texts cheap and widely affordable for the public instead of restricting them to the wealthy or monastic elite.