Some of the major thinkers and achievements of the scientific revolution are Nicolaus Copernicus. In 1473-1543 he posited that sun is at the center of the solar system, earth rotates on its axis, and the earth and planets revolve around the sun. Andreas Vesalius the "Father of anatomy" made detailed drawings of the human body based on dissection in 1514-1564. Galileo Galilei developed an improved telescope that discovered sunspots, mountains on the moon, and Jupiters moons that performed experimental work on the velocity of falling objects. In 1571-1630 Johannes Kelper posited that planets follow elliptical, not circular, orbits described laws of planetary motion. William Harvey described the circulation of the blood and the function of the heart. Rene Descartes emphasized the importance of mathematics and logical deduction in understanding the physical world invented analytical geometry in 1596-1650. And in 1642-1727 Isaac Newton synthesized earlier findings around the concept of universal gravitation invented calculus formulated concept of inertia and laws of motion.
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