History of Science

By jandreadis
  • 200

    200 B.C. Library

    The first cataloged Library was at Alexandria in 200 B.C
  • 300

    300 BC Euclid's Elements

    Eluclid's Elements use geometry as a way of theorems following logically from axioms in 300 BC
  • 320

    320 B.C Comprehensive Documents

    First comprehensive document subdividing and categorising knowledge dividing knowledge into diffrent areas by Aristoltle in 320 B.C
  • 400

    400 BC Democritus

    Democritus advocates inductive reasoning by using a process of examining the causes of sensory in 400 BC
  • 400

    400 BC China

    In chinca the school of Names advocates using one's senses to observe and devolop the "three prong method" in 400 BC
  • Jan 1, 1021

    Alhazen

    Alhazen introduces the experimental method and combines experiments observations, and tation arguments in his Book of Optics in 1021 AD
  • Jan 1, 1025

    Abu Rayhan al-Biruni

    Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Develops experimental methods for mineralogy and mechanics in 1025 AD
  • Jan 1, 1027

    Avicenna

    Avicenna criticizes the Aristotelian method of induction and its place develops examination and experimentation as a means for scientific inquiry in 1027AD
  • Jan 1, 1265

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon a english monk described a scientific method which he based on repeating cycle of observation, hypotheisis, and expermentation in 1265 AD
  • Jan 1, 1403

    Yongle Encyclopedia

    Yongle Encyclopedia invented the first Encyclopedia

  • Controlled Experiments by Francis Bacon

  • Microscope invented in Holland

  • First dedicated Laboratory

  • Telescope invented in Holland

  • David Hume

    David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Argues that the problem of induction is unsolvable

  • First describtion of controlled Experiment

  • An optimal design for Polynomial regression is Published

  • Charles Sanders Peirce publishes "illustrations of the logic of science"

  • Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

    Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin proposes the use of multiple hyptheses

  • Controlled placebo trail

  • First computer simulation

  • Double blind Experiment

  • Meta study of scientific method

  • Strong inference proposed by John R. Platt

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    History of Science

  • Jabir ibn Hayyan

    Jabir ibn Hayyan designs controlled experiments in 800 AD