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- 3. Air could not be a basic element because it was made up of a mixture of several gases
- 5. Disproved the theory of combustion; a substance called phlogiston is released during the process of combustion
- 6. Wrote The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy or Principia
- 7. Made the most accurate and extensive observations of the planets and stars at the time
- 9. Considered the father of modern anatomy
- 11. French philosopher and mathematician
- 12. De revolutionibus was on the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books from 1616 to 1835.
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- 1. German astronomer and mathematician; assistant to Brahe
- 2. American public official, scientist, inventor, and writer
- 3. English statesman and writer
- 4. Disproved many of Galen’s hypotheses (worked with apes and dogs in the 2nd century) Ex: the liver digested food and processed it into blood
- 8. German physicist and engineer
- 10. Lived under house arrest, but still continued to work and write, but not publish.