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MAT Achievers
Question | Answer |
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | English Philosopher: Formalized empiricism with the Baconian method. Similar to the sci. method. |
Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) | His observations swept away age old myths of the unchanging sky |
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) | Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric (sun-centered) theory of the universe. Planets revolve around the sun. |
Rene' Descartes (1596-1650) | French Mathematician: formulated analytic geometry and believed scientific laws could be found by deductive reasoning |
Leonardo de Vinci (1452-1519) | Outlined a theory of plate tectonics and the idea of the helicopter. |
Thomas Edison (!847-1941) | American Inventor: Invented the light bulb, phonograph and communicative devices. |
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) | Italian physicist, math, and philosophy: Father of science. used the telescope. Investigated gravity and basic law of falling bodies |
Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468) | German goldsmith and printer. Inventor of moveable type, which made modern book printing possible. |
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) | German: Discovered that the planets travel around the Sun in elliptical orbits. |
Isaac Newton (1643-1727) | English physicist, math, astro.; discoverd universal gravity and laws of motion |
Eli Whitney (1765-1825) | American inventor: Invented the cotton gin. |