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Method of inquiry that includes craefully conducted experiments
An english philosopher and scientist of the 1200s
People began using experiments and mathematics to understand these mysteries
Began to abandon ptolemy's geocentric theory
A german astronomer
An italian scientist
Published a book building on the work of copernicus,kelper,and galileo
A flemish scientist, heeded da vinci's words and pioneered the study of anatomy
Was the leader of the scientific revolution
Believed that scientific theories could be developed through observation
Helped to pioneer the modern science of chemistry
A period between the 1400s and the 1700s
Known as the navigator was from the portuguese royal family
He sailed around the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa
He sailed eastward across the indian ocean
He studied the writings of marco polo and ptolemy's description of a round earth