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History of scientific revolution

By riley glasscock
  • 1508

    NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

    NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
    The man who started it all, Nicolaus Copernicus, was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who was born and raised in the Polish city of Toruń. He attended the University of Cracow, later continuing his studies in Bologna, Italy. This is where he met astronomer Domenico Maria Novara and the two soon began exchanging scientific ideas that often challenged the long accepted theories of Claudius Ptolemy.
  • 1517

    Martin Luther

    Martin Luther
    In 1517 Martin Luther, a monk who was outspoken in his criticisms against the Catholic Church's reforms, authored his famous "95 theses" that listed all of his grievances. Luther promoted his 95 theses by printing them out on a pamphlet and distributing them among the crowds. He also encouraged churchgoers to read the bible for themselves and opened the way for other reform-minded theologians such as John Calvin.
  • Period: 1517 to

    history of scientific revolution

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  • JOHANNES KEPLER

    JOHANNES KEPLER
    Despite the Church’s indignation, Copernicus’ heliocentric model generated a lot of intrigue among scientists. One of these people who developed a fervent interest was a young German mathematician named Johannes Kepler.In 1596, Kepler published Mysterium cosmographicum (The Cosmographic Mystery), which served as the first public defense of Copernicus’ theories.

  • GALILEO GALILIEI

    GALILEO GALILIEI
    Another contemporary of Kepler’s who also bought into the notion of a heliocentric solar system and was the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. But unlike Kepler, Galileo didn’t believe that planets moved in an elliptical orbit and stuck with the perspective that planetary motions were circular in some way. Still, Galileo’s work produced evidence that helped bolster the Copernican view and in the process further undermine the church’s position.

  • ISAAC NEWTON

    ISAAC NEWTON
    Neither can adequately explain what force kept the planets in motion around the sun and why they moved this particular way. It wasn’t until several decades later that the heliocentric model was proven by the English mathematician Isaac Newton.Isaac Newton, whose discoveries in many ways marked the end of the Scientific Revolution, can very well be considered among one of the most important figures of that era.