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1514 - 1564
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Flemish physician who published the first accurate analysis of human anatomy that became the bible for 17th century medical science.
1543
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Published by Nicolas Copernicus.
1571 - 1630
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First to make detailed records of planetary movements that substantiated the heliocentric theory.
1574 - 1642
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Italian contemporary of Kepler, furthered his research with extensive studies in gravity. In 1608 he improved the design of Dutch telescopes to attain three power magnification.
1596 - 1650
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Regarded as the founder of modern Western philosophy, supreme rationalist, championed deductive reasoning and Cartesian dualism.
1609
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Invented by Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen.
1619
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Accurately traces the circulation of the blood.
1620
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Francis Bacon leading advocate for the empirical method, publishes strongest defense for the empirical method ever written.
1624
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Painted by Frans Hals, example of the vogue for dutch portraiture in Northern Baroque art, reflects the self-concious materialism of a rising middle class.
1630 - 1693
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Talented Holland artist, exacted realism inspired by Jan van Eyck, painted a style known as vanitas.
1633
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Galileo was placed under house arrest for his opposition to religious authority with his innovative science.
1642
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Invents a mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction.
1642 - 1727
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English Astronomer and Mathematician, synthesized 17th century physics and math, used prism to analyze light in 1666, describes gravity and movement in the universe.
1645
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By Otto von Guericke
1650
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Invented by Blaise Pascal.
1656
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Developed the very first accurate pendulum clock.
1658
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Jan Vermeer and other dutch artists developed realism into naturalistic landscapes.
1660
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Made by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek.
1662
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Founded
1671
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Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, capable of multiplication and division.
1678 - 1741
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Leading Italian instrumental composer of the Baroque era, perfected the form known as ritornello.
1684
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1685 - 1750
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Major German composer known for his forms of oratorio, the Mass, and the cantata, composed mostly religious pieces and over 170 organ preludes.
1750
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musical composition by Bach, fugue-polyphonic composition in which a single musical theme is restated in sequential phrases.