Seth's Scientific Revolution

By Kerbys1
  • Erasmus Prutenic Table
    Aug 7, 1551

    Erasmus Prutenic Table

    Formed from his results he published the prutenic tables. He also wasn't challenged on these tables until Kepler Rudolphine's tables.
  • Copernicus's heliocentric theory
    Apr 21, 1576

    Copernicus's heliocentric theory

    Thomas Digges extended Copernicus's theory suggesting an infinity of stars and plurality of worlds.
  • Gresham College

    Gresham College

    The London Merchant Sir Thomas Gresham designed this college to provide lectures to the public about medicine, astronomy, and goemetry.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    He brings up the arguement that light rays are rectilinear. He also brings up the point that the retina is the center of vision.
  • Galileo's Telescope

    Galileo's Telescope

    The lenses started at 3X to 10X and they go all the way to 30X. This telescope led to discoveries about Mars and other heavenly bodies.
  • Galileo's Findings

    Galileo's Findings

    Galileo published his telescopes findings. He noted that there are innumerable amount of stars, mountains on the Moon, and there are four Moons that revolve around Jupiter.
  • Tommaso Campenella

    Tommaso Campenella

    He published a writing that supported Galileo on the fact that Religion and Science were branches of the same tree.
  • Théophraste Renaudot

    Théophraste Renaudot

    He established a clearing house that offered conferences and debates. They were open to the public.
  • Galileo's second book

    Galileo's second book

    This book dealt with the strength of materials. It also fixed the earlier efforts on the problems of motion.
  • Distance to the Sun

    Distance to the Sun

    It was the first observation of Venus across the Sun. It was used in determining the distance to the sun.

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