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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Scientific Revolution
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Jan 1, 1214
Roger Bacon
Roger Baconwas an English philosopher and Franciscan friar, focused more on the study of nature through empirical methods, "Opus Majus" contains treatments of mathematics and optics, alchemy, and the positions and sizes of the celestial bodies. -
Jan 1, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
<ahref='http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus' >Copernicus</a>
was a Polish astronomer and mathematician, helped overturn the authority of the Middle Ages, viewed the Earth in a daily motion about its axis and in yearly motion around a stationary sun. This rejected by the Catholic Church. -
Dec 31, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
was a Flemish anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Structure of the Human Body.) -
Jan 22, 1561
Frances Bacon
Frances Bacon
was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo
was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution -
Dec 1, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer,created "Kepler's planetary of motion. -
Apr 1, 1578
William Harvey
William Harveywas an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart. -
Rene' Descartes
<ahref='http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes' >Rene'</a>
was a French philosopher, was named "Father of Modern Philosophy", broke away from the Scholastic-Aristotelian philosophy, promoted new, mechanistic sciences. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
was named "Father of Modern Chemistry", was a 17th century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. -
Isaac Newton
was a British mathmatician and physicist, self-taught himself geometry, explained motion by an apple that fell on his head. -
Opticks
was written by Issac Newton, it is about optics and the refraction of light, concidered one of the great works of science in history.
