Robert Boyle
Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
William Harvey (1578-1657)
Ryan's nickname: "Blood guy." He discovered the circulatory system, with the heart as a pump & valves.
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Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Ryan's nickname: "The Empiricist." Bacon advocated for empirical research, using the scientific method, rather than speculation like with Aristotle. He was greatly influential, becoming "lord chancellor" under James 1.
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
Ryan's nickname: "The AV dissector." He wrote "On the Structure of the Human Body", a massive compilation of information from countless dissections of human bodies, often executed criminals. Aristotle believed that the body had four "humors": blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, and an imbalance of the four humors caused illness. Therefore, doctors prescribed bloodletting.
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Ryan's nickname: "The Empiricist." Bacon advocated for empirical research, using the scientific method, rather than speculation like with Aristotle. He was greatly influential, becoming "lord chancellor" under James 1.
William Harvey (1578-1657)
Ryan's nickname: "Blood guy." He discovered the circulatory system, with the heart as a pump & valves.
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)
Ryan's nickname: "The AV dissector." He wrote "On the Structure of the Human Body", a massive compilation of information from countless dissections of human bodies, often executed criminals. Aristotle believed that the body had four "humors": blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile, and an imbalance of the four humors caused illness. Therefore, doctors prescribed bloodletting.
Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Ryan's nickname: "The Empiricist." Bacon advocated for empirical research, using the scientific method, rather than speculation like with Aristotle. He was greatly influential, becoming "lord chancellor" under James 1.
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and scientist- invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal gravitation, a theory about the nature of light, and three laws of motion. No apple. Pyblished the Principia in 1687, popularizing science even more.
