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Used inductive reasoning and credited with developing the scientific method

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Francis Bacon

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Used deductive reasoning

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Rene Descartes

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3
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Believed in the geocentric theory

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Aristotle and Ptolemy

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4
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Earth is at the center of the universe

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Geocentric theory

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Developed the Heliocentric theory

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Nicholas Copernicus

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Sun is at the center of the universe

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Heliocentric theory

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Proved that Copernicus ideas were true using mathematics; also discovered orbits are elliptical as opposed to circles

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Johannes Kepler

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Built his own telescope and used it ti observe and study the planets and their movement; his observations supported the heliocentric theory

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Galileo Galilei

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Discovered the laws of gravity

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Isaac Newton

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10
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Discovered the role of the heart and blood circulation

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William harvey

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11
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Wrote the Leviathan

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Thomas Hobbes

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12
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Wrote Two treaties of government

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John Locke

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13
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Wrote The Spirit Of Laws

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Montesquieu

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14
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Wrote the Social Contract

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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15
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wrote Satire

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Voltaire

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16
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Barque composer

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Johannes Sebastian Bach

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Classical composer

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

18
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Wrote Don quixote

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Miguel de Cervantes

19
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New type of literature

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Novel

20
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Painter who painted Lady Liberty leading the people

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Eugene Delacroix

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