Major Scientific discoveries

  • Copernicum System
    Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicum System

    Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus publishes his theory that the sun is motionless in the centre of the solar system on his deathbed.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1543 to

    10 Major Scientific discoveries

  • Discovery of Gravity

    Discovery of Gravity

    Sir Isaac Newton publishes the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (one of the most influential scientific books) it describes universal gravity and the three laws of motion.
  • Discovery of Oxygen

    Discovery of Oxygen

    Oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele
  • Discovery of electricity

    Discovery of electricity

    Discovers how to use electricity in a modern sense and ten years later creates th first generator,
  • Pereodic Table

    Pereodic Table

    The pereodic table is created by Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev
  • Discovery of Radio Waves

    Discovery of Radio Waves

    Heinrich Hertz discovers the existence of radio waves.
  • Theory Of Relativity

    Theory Of Relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes a scientific report explaining the relationship between speed, time and distance.
  • Discovery of Penicillin

    Discovery of Penicillin

    Alexander Fleming accidently creates Penicillin through experiments with mold and fungi.
  • The Big Bang theory

    The Big Bang theory

    The first scientific report witht the idea of the big bang theory is pubished by belgian cosmoligist and catholic priest Georges Lemaître.
  • Discovery of DNA

    Discovery of DNA

    The double helix structure of DNA is discovered by american scientist James Watson and English scientist Francis Crick.