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322 BCE
New Approach
"People were looking for answer to life long questions using a different approach." This marked the scientific revolution. -2000 years earlier -
322 BCE
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish scientist who developed heliocentric theory after abandoning the Ptolemy geocentric theory. He argued that the sun was the center of the universe. -
1500
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek
"Used the microscope invented in the late 1500s, to discover bacteria. He called them animalcules. -
1500
Gottfried Liebnitz
Liebnitz and Newton developed the new mathematics style called calculus. -
1543
Andreas Vesalius
He did his own research to see how the human body was constructed. Vesalius published a seven-volume book called On the Fabric of the Human Body. -
1543
William Harvey
"Harvey studied the circulation of blood. He described how blood moved through the veins and arteries. He also observed the working of the body's most important muscle- the heart." -
Kepler and Galileo
Johannes Kepler the German astronomer and Galileo Galilei the Italian Scientist used there traits of being a mathematician and Scientist to confirm Copernicus's understanding of the universe. Galileo created the telescope during that time and Kepler used observations and models to test Copernicus's heliocentric theory. -
Johannes Kepler
"While Copernicus rightly observed that the planets revolve around the Sun, it was Kepler who correctly defined their orbits." Kepler used his mathematics to rightly prove and correct the heliocentric theory created by Copernicus. -
Rene Descartes
"Rene Discartes explained that the universe operates in a machine-like way according to the basic laws of physics. His philosophy became the basis of our modern Western view of the universe and it's physical properties." "His ideas led to great advances in mathematics, the sciences, and philosophy." "He created a mathematical description of the way light reflects from a smooth surface," creating the law of refraction. -
Francis Bacon
He believed that scientific theories could be developed only through observation. "In 1620 he published Novum Organum, a book that outlined this new system of knowledge." -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was the creator of the telescope, he created in order to help build more theory on Copernicus's theory. "He formed the basis for the modern science of mechanics- the study of objects in motion." "Galileo was ordered to turn himself in to the Holy Office to begin trial for holding the belief that the Earth revolves around the Sun, which was deemed heretical by the Catholic Church. " -
Robert Boyle
"Helped to pioneer the modern science of chemistry." "In 1662, Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies." -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton published a book building on the work of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. "They had shown that the planets, including Earth revolve around the sun. They had not, however, been able to explain why these bodies moved the way they did." -
End
"The store of human knowledge and understanding had increased beyond measure and in a very brief span of time. In fact, speed of discovery and rapid spread and exchange of knowledge were important characteristics of the Scientific Revolution." "These resulted, in part, from the printing press, the rise of scientific societies, and other communications improvements." -
Antoine Lavoisier
"He showed that fire resulted when a substance rapidly combined with oxygen...Showed that steam mixes with the air and becomes invisible....Developed the law of conservation of matter...it is one of the most important principles in the study of chemistry." -
Joseph Priestley
"Discovered the element oxygen in 1774. Antoine Lavoisier, a French scientist, later named it."
