Margaret Cavendish
Philosophy
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Nicolas Copernicus
Astronomy, Mathematics
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Rene Descartes
Philosophy, Mathematics
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Galileo Galilei
Astronomy, Mathematics
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William Harvey
Medicine
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Johannes Kepler
Astronomy, Mathematics
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Antoine Lavoisier
Chemistry
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Isaac Newton
Astronomy, Mathematics
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Andreas Vesalius
Medicine
Maria Winkelmann
Astronomy
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Speculated on the
nature od the atom
Criticized the idea
that science could
help humans master
nature
Argued that females
should be educated
Proposed that the
Earth and other
planets move around
the sun
Stated that reason is
the source of
knowledge
Proposed that mind
and matter are
separate
Discovered moons of
Jupiter, sunspots,
and mountains on
the Earth’s moon
Formulated the law
of falling bodies
Figured out how
blood circulates
through the body
Discovered that
planets have elliptical
orbits around the sun
Worked out laws
governing the speed
of planetary orbits
Worked out the
theory of combustion
Invented the system
of naming chemical
elements
Formulated laws of
motions and
gravitation
Founded the science
of light
Invented calculus
Wrote the first
anatomy textbook
Discovered a comet
Complied significant
observations about
the planets