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1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, is a book about the heliocentric theory. -
1543
Andreas Vesalius publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
"On the fabric of the human body in seven books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius and published in 1543. -
Galileo's experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Galileo Galilei dropped two spheres of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their falling time was independent of their mass. -
Francis Bacon publishes The Advancement of Learning
Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning is the first major philosophical book written in English. -
Johannes Kepler published his Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler's published "Laws of Planetary Motion" which is three laws of motion. -
Robert Hooke discovers cells
The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria
Van Leeuwenhoek is often cited as the first microbiologist to study muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa and blood flow in capillaries. -
Ptolemy proposes the Geocentric Model/Theory
