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#    He discovered the law of gravity and the three laws of motion (which explain how forces make objects move).

W He showed that white light is a combination of all colors.

#    His most important work was the Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, in which he stated his laws of motion.

#    He dabbled in alchemy (the attempt to turn base metals into gold).

W He was famous for his bad temper and argued with many tellów scientists.

#    He was knighted for his work as Warden of the Mint, in charge of the English currency, not for his scientific achievements.

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(1707-1778) Swedish botanist who invented a system for classifying living things.

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English physician William Harvey was the first person to describe how the od circulates around the body. In 1628, vered that the heart acts as a pump er dissecting (cutting up) live animals such as dogs and the corpses of executed prisoners.

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One cold winter’s day in 1626, English philosopher and scientist Sir Francis Bacon decided to see if he could preserve a chicken by stuffing it with snów. He caught a cold and died of pneumonia a week later.

Antoine Lavoisier

(1743-1794) French scientist who published the first modern account of chemistry.

Edward Jenner

(1749-1823) English doctor who discovered a vaccination against smallpox.

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