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Jan 1, 1214
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon worte three works; major work, minor work, and third work. The major work was a plea to the pope about the importance of expiramental knowledge. However, his finest work was Communium Naturalium, which summarized general principles of natural philosophy. More Information -
Jan 1, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was the founder of modern astronomy. De hypothesibus motuum coelestium a se constitutis commentariolus was his main work within the field of astronomy. He was the first scientist to claim that the earth moved (orbited) while the sun stayed still. More Information -
Jan 1, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
The Belgian anatomist Andreas Vesalius was among the first to dissect cadavers and accurately depict human anatomy. His seven-volume text De Humani Corporis Fabrica (The Structure of the Human Body) published in 1543, began the modern science of anatomy. The Inquisition condemned Vesalius to death for dissecting a human body but connections to royalty helped knock the sentence down to exile to Jerusalem. More Information -
Jan 1, 1564
Galileo Galilei
He developed the law of the pendulum which made him instantly famous. He answered the questions about dantes inferno and got a teaching job at the university of pisa for his discovery. He disproved Aristotle theory that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects. More Information -
Jan 1, 1578
William Harvey
William Harvey, physician to two consecutive kings, studied blood circulation, and his Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals recorded his findings. Though Harvey understood that the heart pumped blood into the circulatory system, he had no knowledge of the influence of oxygen in the blood nor knowledge of the existence of capillaries. More Information -
Johannes Kepler
He perfected the idea that planets orbit around the sun. He also discovered that they do not travel in circles, but the orbit in an oval shape. His descriptions of planetary motions became known as Kepler's laws. More Information -
Isaac Newton
He was the Newton that created the three laws of motion. Newton observed the fall of an apple in his garden at Woolsthorpe, later recalling, 'In the same year I began to think of gravity extending to the orb of the Moon.' He wrote three scientific books in his time, and they were recieved well by the scientific community. More Information
