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Science and History Revolutionaries
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Nicolaus Copernicus
Andreas Vesalius
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Nicolaus Copernicus
Did you know, Nicolas Copernicus didn’t only said that the earth was the one which moved around the sun, he also stated that other planets moved in orbit around it. This helped later scientist to discover gravity.
Did you know, Copernicus is considered the father of modern astronomy, this is because his discoveries were the basis for much more scientist to come, whom which they will expand on his heliocentrically model, to create astronomy as we know It today.
Did you know, During that time, most of the people and specially the church saw Copernicus as a crazy and evil man, a heretic even. The backlash to copernicus was so drastic that it literally ruined his life. This was an obvious example for us of how things were back then and how they have improved.
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Andreas Vesalius
Did you know, that Andreas Vesalius was the first person to open a corpse and analyze its structure? Opposing to the Catholic Church who prohibited this in those ages, Vesalius even made a drawing and, with this, made a major contribution to medicine and curing.
Did you know, that the first assembly of the human skeleton was made around the fifteenth century? This was carried out by a man named Vesalius who introduced human dissection in an era where people could only guess human structure with the help of many animals, and thus, helping to understand the body better.
Did you know, that the book De Humani Corporis Fabrica was the most accurate and understandable book talking about the human anatomy? This book’s author was Andreas Vesalius who lived in the fifteenth century. With his observation and illustrations, he rejected many beliefs about the human body and discredited the Catholic Church.
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Did you know, in 1676 van Leeuwenhoek discovered microorganisms in the water, this changed the Royal Society point of view of the world and was greatly doubted until Robert Hooke prove it right, there were indeed tiny organisms, such as bacterias, amoeba and much more living in the water.
Did you know, Van is considered the father of microbiology because he taught himself how amplify the lenses magnification to 270x diameters, which was a lot in those times. These led to the first practical microscopes and the biological discoveries he is now famous for.
Did you know, one of his most precious discovery was sperm, he identified the spermatozoa in mollusks, fish, mammals and birds, with this, he concluded, that fertilization occurred when the egg is penetrated by the sperm.
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