The Enlightenment: Age of Reason

The first Englishman to suggest rational steps for a "scientific method"

Bacon

The historical period during which the "Scientific Revolution began

Renaissance

The French writer who published the first encyclopedia in the mid 1700s

DIderot

A form of mathematics developed by Isaac Newton

Calculus

The French "Father of the Enlightenment" who was a brilliant mathematician

Descartes

The man who gave cells, the basic units of life, their name

Hooke

A Swedish botanist who developed a system for classifying living things into groups and subgroups that is still used today

Linnaeus

English philosopher who called for consent of the governed

Locke

French philosopher who called for separation of powers in governed

Montesquieu

French philosopher who called for freedom of speech

Voltaire