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Period: Jan 19, 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
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Jan 19, 1543
Publication of the Revolutions Of the Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus Copernicus' work on his heliocentric theory. It rewrote Ptolemaic theory for the Eath's rotation. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent
Counter reformation begins -
Analytical Trigonometry
Invented by Francois Viete, and was essential to the study of physics and astronomy. -
Galileo Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity
Demonstrates that a 1 lb weight and a 100 lb weight that are dropped at the same moment hit the ground at the same time, proving that the rate of fall does not depend on an objects weight. -
Galileo Publishes Messenger of the Heavens
Describes observations of the moon's surface, and of Jupiter's moons, making the Church uncomfortable. -
Galileo is Forced to withdraw his Theories
The Inquisition forces Galileo to sign a recantation and condemns him to house arrest for the remaining nine years of his life -
Rene Descartes Publishes Geometry
Discusses how motion may be represented as a curve along a graph, defined by its relation to planes of reference. -
Origin of Form and Qualities published
Robert Boyle's work sets the foundation for the study of matter on the atomic level. -
the Motion of Animals
Published by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, applying the mechanical laws to the human organism. -
Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica
States Newton's laws of motion, forming the base of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of unversal gravitation
