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Feb 26, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory and was published.
NIcolaus Copernicus developed the heliocentric theory, this theory states the sun is the center of the universe instead of the Earth being the center. His theory was later published in 1543 but the people didnt believe his theory. -
Feb 26, 1543
Andreas Vesaliusm published a 7 volume book about the human body.
He published a 7 volume book about the human body, In the book his illustrations were very detailed and gave future scienctist a better understanding and his book led to more studies of the human body. -
Johannes Kepler proved Copernicus theory to be correct and published the laws of planetary.
Johannes was a great mathematician and used models, math and observation to test Copernicus theory. He proved the theory to be correct over time and published the laws of planetary in 1609. -
Francis Bacon published Novum Organum whiched explained the outline of knowledge and theories.
Francis published, Novum Organum, which explained the outline of knowledge. The outline of knowledge is theories develop from observations and can proven by repeated experiments -
Galileo Galilei published his observatons and built a telescope.
In 1632 Galileo published his observations. Also he built a telescope. His observations included the geography of the moon, the rings around Saturn, spots on the sun, Jupiter's moon, and his sketches. -
Rene Descartes developed a philosophy, Discourse on Method.
A french philospher and mathematician, he developed a philosophy, (Discourse on Method) that stated all assumptions are based on facts. -
Robert Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space gas occupies.
Robert showed that temperature and pressure affect the space gas occpuies. -
Isaac Newton published a book with the works of past scientists and his work.
In 1687 Isaac published a book with the works of Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and Galileo but he built upon it. In his books it stated the planets and Earth revovled around the sun but didnt explain how. -
Joseph Priestly discovered the element oxygen.
He discovered the element oxygen. He was an English chemist.