People who looked in a rational, or reasonable and logical way.During the renaissance,Europeans studied the works of greek rationalists.As a result, they began to view the world in a rational way.They began to think like scientist

Rationalists

Alchemy

alchemy was forerunner of chemistry.Alchemist experimented with various natural substances.They were best known for trying to change other metals into gold.Although they failed,alchemist succeeded in using experiments to learn more about how nature worked