Key Figures
He developed the heliocentric theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus
Instrument invented in Netherlands in 1808 to make distant objects appear closer, containing an arrangement of lenses or curved mirrors.
What is the telescope
This American statesman was a founding father ... and experimented with electricity
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
He improved the telescope, described the path of projectiles, found out that the moon’s surface is rough and uneven, discovered 4 moons around Jupiter, and was threatened with torture.
Who is Galileo Galilei
An instrument invented in Netherlands in 1590, used for looking at very small objects, typically magnified several hundred times.
What is the microscope
The "father of empigricism," this English philosopher argued for using inductive reasoning.
Who is Francis Bacon?
He developed the laws of gravitation and the three laws of motion
Who is Isaac Newton
Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel built the first one of these that could navigate underwater in 1620.
What is the submarine
He said "I think, therefore I am"... and also developed the coordinate system you still use to graph in math class
Who is Rene Descartes?
He added good math to Brahe's work to develop the laws of planetary motion: the Laws of Orbits, Areas, and Periods
Who is Johannes Kepler?
An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressue invented by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643
What is the barometer
He said we live in "the best of all possible worlds" ... and invented calculus at the same time as Isaac Newton ... and invented an early calulator.
Who is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?