Renaissance Men
I. Copernicus
-astronomer
-heliocentric (universe is centered around sun)
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II. Brahe
-astronomer
-his work supported Copernicus
-observed sky every night for many years
III. Kepler
-astronomer
-Brahe's assistant
-planets move in oval-shapes not circles
IV. Galileo
-astronomer
-ideas challenged Christian views about heavens
-locked up & threatens with death unless he withdrew his "heresies"
-built model solar system
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V. Versalius
-structure of human body
VI. Descartes
-Father of modern philosophy
-rational thinking beings
VII. Pascal
-wrist watch
-invented math machines
Mathematician
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VIII. Newton
-scientist
-discovered gravity
-partially invented calculus
-created many scientific laws
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IX. Shakespeare
-created new words
-playwrighter
-poetic writer
X. Dante
-wrote in vernacular
-wrote Divine Comedy
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XI. Erasmus
-one of the most important scholars of his age
-produced new Greek edition of Christian Bible
-humanist
XII. More
-humanist
-came up with the Ideal Society (men and women live in peace and harmony)
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XIII. Gutenberg
Printed the complete edition of the Christian Bible using printing press.
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