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- 4. Copernicus Polish astronomer
- 6. The medieval forerunner of chemistry
- 9. A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something
- 11. Greek thinker, ancient astronomer
- 12. A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
- 13. The systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
- 14. method A method of procedure that has characterized natural science
- 15. Bacon English statesman and philosopher
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- 1. Galilei Italian astronomer and physicist
- 2. Kepler German astronomer
- 3. An instrument measuring atmospheric pressure
- 5. Isaac Newton English mathematician and physicist, considered the greatest single influence on theoretical physics until Einstein
- 7. Brahe Danish astronomer
- 8. A supposition or proposed explanation
- 10. Revolution The emergence of modern science during the early modern period
- 16. Descartes French philosopher, mathematician, and man of science