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4. Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician. He played a major role in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century.
8. German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. A key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution, he is best known for his laws of planetary motion
10. an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.
12. a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe
14. a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.
15. having or representing the earth as the center, as in former astronomical systems.

1. someone who someone who studies wisdom, love to study
2. a period of philosopers believed that they could apply the scientific method and use reason to explain human nature logically
3. English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment
5. French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day.
6. a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.
7. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
9. a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
11. prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
13. an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.