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The Enlightenment: Scientific Revolution

AP History

The Scientific Revolution

Johannes Hevelius observing with one of his telescopes.

The Galileo Project, http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/instruments/telescope.html

Web Resources

The Scientific Revolution
Dr. Robert A. Hatch, University of Florida
The Galileo Project: Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Richard S. Westfall, Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University.
History of the Scientific Revolution
Fordham University

Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon Biography
Encyclopedia Britannica
Old Earth, Ancient Life: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Buffon, Count (Georges-Louis Leclerc)
Biology Reference

John Locke

John Locke Biography
John Locke (1632-1704)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)
John Locke
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)