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Derivative of arcsec(x)
 1/(x * sqrt(x^2-1))
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.
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.
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.
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.
William Harvey (1578-1657)
 Ryan's nickname: "Blood guy." He discovered the circulatory system, with the heart as a pump & valves.
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)
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.