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Scientists of Renaissance Questions

 

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Choose one personality from the list provided below. Provide a short biography of the scientist. What did he invent/discover? What conditions led the scientist to make those discoveries? How did the discovery contribute to the development of the world as we know it today? If the scientist did not make that discovery, how would have modern life been now without the contribution(s) of that scientist?

1. William Gilbert (1544–1603)

10. Georgius Agricola (1494-1555)

2. William Harvey (1578–1657)

11. Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594)

3. John Napier (1550–1617)

12. Tycho Brahe (1546-1601)

4. Paracelsus (1493–1541)

13. William Gilbert (1544-1603)

5. Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564)

14. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

6. Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

15. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)

7. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)

16. Michelangelo (1475-1564)

8. Gemma Frisius (1508-1555)

17. Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)

9. Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566)

18. Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521)