The concept that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun.

Earth is the center of the Universe:

This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical, the planets do not orbit at a constant speed, and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun.

Created his own version of the telescope and ; stated the Heliocentric Theory was accurate & challenged the church views

Laws of gravity- all objects on earth and in the universe are controlled by this

Father of Anatomy; dissected the human body and made diagrams of organs, muscles etc

Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart

Creator of modern chemistry

I think therefore I am; rationalism

Reason is the chief source of knowledge

The most famous of the female astronomers in Germany. Discovered a comet.

Sir Francis Bacon

A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.

A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power, and rules with Divine Right

Absolute ruler controlled the navy and army and had power to tax his Spanish citizens

An absolute ruler, taxed people, waged war, revoked religious tolerance in France & built the Palace of Versailles

Absolute monarch; Modernized Russia, while controlling Orthodox church and forcing serfs to perform hard labor

Absolute monarch abolished the legislative branch and stated he was above the law