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Andreas Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body, the foundation of modern science & biology.
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Nicolas Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, it contained the heliocentric theory
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Francois Viete Invents Analytical Trigonometry, an essential invention to the study of physics & astronomy
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Galileo Galilei Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity, disproving the belief that the speed of a falling object is dependent on its weight
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Galileo Publishes Messenger of the Heavens, a book describing his observations of jupiter's moons/the moon
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Johannes Kepler Reveals His Third and Final Law of Planetary Motion, describing the operation and form of planetary orbit
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Galileo is forced to recant his theories by the inquisition, and they him on house arrest for the last 9 years of his life.
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Rene Descartes publishes his Discourse on Method. This sets principles for scientific method that are used today.
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Evangelista Torricelli invents the Barometer, a tool used to measure air pressure which proves that air has weight.
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Isaac Newton publishes Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica, one of, if not the most important events in the history of science, the Principia is the basis of modern physics and astronomy.