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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus is Born
He was the first to introduce a heliocentric universe. He basically abolished the idea of an Earth centered universe. "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" is the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining event that began the Scientific Revolution. -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON
The dates span from the birth of Nicolas Copernicus to the exact date in which Isaac Newton's health failed. The Scientific Revolution was a time when scientific and mathematical thoughts and inventions were being innovated. -
Nov 29, 1480
Ferdinand Megellan is Born
He was born. He was the leader of expeditions all the way around the world. He sailed for Portugal and Spain. He also led the first expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean. He died in the Philipines but the rest of his crew finished the job. -
Nov 29, 1532
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium by Nicolas Copernicus
Introduced the idea of a sun centered universe in which opposed the ideas of a Earth centered universe. By this time, he was nearly done and perfected his work on this theory and his family and close friends urged him to publish his ideas because they completely respeced them. He was, apparently, embarrassed and didn't want to suffer from the "scorn" of his colleagues and the people who respected the Earth centered universe. He delayed it's publication because of his fear of critisism. -
Oct 15, 1543
Andreas Vesalius publishes "De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem"
Andreas Vesalius published his book called "On the fabric of the human body in seven books" in the year 1543. This publication was intended to be a textbook for anatomy. They were based on the lectures that he did where he would dissect a corpse to show the exact details of what he was talking about. This book was a breakthrough for mankind to fully understand anatomy by getting in to the body; hands on. -
Evangelista Torricelli was born
He was born on this day. He invented the barometer. This invention, the barometer, is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. This is a very useful tool and was a breakthrough for all time. -
Johannes Kepler first shows the world his third law of planetary motion
The third law states: "The square of the orbital period of a planet is directly proportional to the cube of the semi-major axis of its orbit." He used these equations and laws to calculate the position of a planet as a function of time at a certain time. -
Galileo is forced to recant his theories
He was forced to recant his heliocentric beliefs because they contradicted the ideas of the church. This idea of a sun centered universe was an ideal theory and the church thought that he was challenging the scriptures that they lived by and taught as a way of life. Even though he was forced to recant, that idea of a "Sun centered universe" is sense as ideal and is universally accepted and taught. In addition, the Bible does not support the earth-centered view anyway, only using the appearance. -
Otto von Guericke invents THE AIR PUMP!
The air pump was used to create a partial vacuum. This device was the start of many innovations in science because not much could be accomplished until this first accomplishment. The vacuum used many different kinds of scientific inventions so it took lots of work to fully create functional. -
Publication of Isaac Newton's "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"
Was a series of 3 books. The next two books were published in 1713 and another in 1726. This series introduced Newton's laws as well as a version of Kepler's law of planetary motion. He brought light to some problems in mathematics and science that many people just shoved aside for other people to deal with. No one really wanted to deal with the questions that people had been asking for generations. Newton solved those problems and gave a detailed explanation. By doing so, he played a key role. -
Sir Isaac Newton's Death
Isaac Newton affected the world's views on math and science at the time and his death is seen by many as the end of the Scientific Revolution. He allegedly died in his sleep in his dwelling. Fun Fact: Newton's body was discovered to have a large amount of mercury in it; which isn't that strange since he was an alchemist. His death may have been directly related to mercury poisoning. This may also explain his peculiarity.
