Scientific Revolution Philosophers by https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e en-us 2016-11-29 15:32:25 UTC 2025-11-02 14:18:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Aristotle alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140535836
  • Born in Stagira, Greece in 384 BC.
  •  He was famous for his ideas on astronomy, like how the earth was a motionless center of the universe, but was also famous for his logic.
  •  He believed reasoning could determine every conceivable thing about reality.
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  • Born on February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland
  • He attended the University of Cracow where he studied painting and mathematics
  •  He believed the size and speed of orbit for each planet depended on the distance away from the sun
  • He understood the sun was closer to Earth than any other star and that stars only appeared to move

    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536124     Johannes Kepler alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536192
  • Born in Germany in 1576
  • Studied astronomy under the Ptolemaic system 
  • He was a Lutheran, but he refused to adhere  to the Lutheran position on real presence, so he was forced to leave his teaching post
  • His most influential work was the Epitome Astronomiae, which he published in 1621 
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536192     Galileo alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536319
  • Galileo was born on February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy.
  •  One of the most famous and influential astronomers of all time.Galileo was a mathematics professor who made lots of astronomical observations, developed the telescope and supported the theory of a sun-centered solar system.
  •  Galileo was accused twice of heresy by the church for his beliefs because it rejected what the church thought about the universe . 


    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536319     Issac Newton alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536556
  • Newton was born on January 4, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, England. 
  • Isaac Newton was an physicist, mathematician, and one of the greatest minds of the Scientific Revolution.
  •  Newton developed the principles of modern physics.
  •  In 1687, he published his most acclaimed work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica , which is hailed as the most important physics book ever written.
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536556     William Harvey alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536750
  • Born on April 1, 1578 in Kent, England 
  • He studied medicine at the University of Padua in Italy
  • He furthered his anatomy research by dissecting animals
  •  He was the first to suggest humans reproduced through fertilization
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536750     Bacon alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536864
  • Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561 in London, England. 
  • Bacon was the attorney general of England until he resigned under accusations of corruption.
  •  He also had philosophical work where Bacon took up Aristotelian ideas, arguing for an  inductive approach. This was the basis for modern scientific inquiry.
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536864     Montesquieu alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536931
  • Born on January 18, 1689 in France
  • Studied literature in Oratorian College de Juilly in Paris
  • He became the  deputy president of the Bordeaux Parliament
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140536931     Voltaire alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140537032
  • Voltaire was born in 1694, in Paris, France. 
  • Voltaire was one of the leading writers of the Enlightenment with his most famous works being Zaïre , The Age of Louis XIV ,and Candide. 
  • He was often at against the government because of his politically charged works which landed him in jail multiple times.
    • ]]>     2016-11-29 15:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140537032     Aristotle Video steven_eckhardt https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140863454
  • His most important work was the study of the structure of reality
  • Studied at Plato's academy
  • Tutored Alexander the Great
    • ]]>     2016-11-30 16:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140863454     Newton Video alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140864909 -Learned chemistry and apothecary in school
    -Newton's father died before he was born
    -Died on March 31, 1727]]>     2016-11-30 16:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140864909     Voltaire Video alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140867217 -Mother died when he was 7 years  old
    - Enrolled at Collége Louis-le-Grand
    - Was welcomed back to Paris after exile]]>     2016-11-30 16:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140867217     Galileo Vio alan_yablonski https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140868036 -One of six siblings
    -Studied at the University of Pisa
    -Pope Urban VIII allowed Galileo to continue his work, unlike the previous Catholic Church]]>     2016-11-30 16:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/140868036     https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/355041958 2019-04-29 14:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/steven_eckhardt/elfrcxjr6x0e/wish/355041958