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Sep 20, 1500
From Magic to Science
Most European People, alchemists, used to use magic and religious beliefs to find truth about the world. They relied on religious teachings and the sayings of old German and Roman thinkers. Roger Bacon was one of the first to prefer scientific experimentation. After the Renaissance, people were in a curious mood and were more willing to use new ways to find out things about the world. -
Sep 20, 1500
The New Study Of Nature
The early Scientists of the 1500's started examining things around them. They used scientific tools, experiments, and math. Scientists invented the barometer, microscope, telescope, air pump, and the thermometer. They used these to help them be able to observe better and take measurements. then they used math to check their measurements and repeated their experiments to make sure they got the same results. This was the invention of the Scientific Method. -
Sep 20, 1543
Copernicus
People used to believe that the earth was the center of the universe, or the "earth-centered" theory called the geocentric theory. This theory was believed for many centuries. In the early 1500's Nicolas Copernicus argues that the sun was the center of the universe, and developed the "sun-centered" theory called the heliocentric theory. When his theory was published in 1543, people ignored it because they couldn't "see" or "feel" the earth moving and they didn't understand it. -
Sep 22, 1543
Harvey
William Harvey, using experiments, studied the circulation of blood. He also observed how the heart worked. -
Sep 22, 1543
Vaselius
Andreas Vesalius studied anatomy. He did studies himself to find out more about how the human body worked. in 1543 he published a book. The illustrations were very detailed for the time period and helped the readers to understand the components of the body and the complicated way they work together. -
The Triumph of New Science
The affects of the new scientific method and discoveries of the Scientific Revolution were felt in all of Europe. Schools and societies devoted to science started being formed. -
Kepler
Copernicus didn't have the scientific equipment that he needed to prove his theory. Johannes Kepler used models, observation and math to help prove the theory. After some work he eventually proved the heliocentric theory correct. He publishes his laws of planetary motion in 1609. -
Galileo
Galileo built a telescope and started to study the universe that way. He saw things that people had never seen before, the valleys on the moon, the rings on Saturn, etc. He drew sketches of what he saw through the telescope. When he published the things he found, people were very upset because it went against their religious beliefs. -
Descartes
Rene Descartes was on of the leaders of the scientific revolution. He believed that things couldn't just be assumed they had to be questioned. He believed that his own existence was proved by the fact that he could think. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton publishes a book in 1687 adding onto Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo's ideas. He understood that the force that keeps the planets in there orbits is the same as the one that make things fall to the ground. He proposed the law of universal gravitation. He ended up explaining all the things movement in space and on earth. -
Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier proved that fire resulted when a substance is rapidly combined with oxygen. He also proved that matter can change form but cant be destroyed or created. otherwise known as the law of conservation of matter. -
Josheph Priestly
In 1774, Joseph Priestly discovered the element Oxygen.