Shakira Best/ Scientific Revolution

  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to

    The Timeline of the Three Scientists

    Here are some of the important scientific advances made during the Scientific Revolution
  • Nov 7, 1543

    Heliocentric Model

    Copernicus publishes his theory on the Heliocentric Model which states that the sun was the center of the universe
  • Feb 16, 1564

    The Birth of Galileo

    Galileo was born at Pisa, Italy, February 16
  • Galilleo's Opposed Work of Aristotle

    Galileo, the Italian Giovanni Battista Benedetti opposed the work of Aristotle arguing that freely falling bodies move with speeds and to weight.
  • Galileo Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity

    Galileo demonstrates that a one- pound weight and a one hundred-pound weight dropped at the same time and hit the ground at the same time
  • Parabolic Path of a Project

    Galileo demonstrates that a projectile follows a parabolic path.
  • Galileo First Telescope

    Galileo Galilei constructs his first telescope and turns it toward the heavens
  • Galileo publishes Mesenger of the Heavens

    Galileo's 24-page booklet describes his telescopic observations of the moon's surface. Galileo gave up from spreading his theories.
  • The Copernican Camp

    Here Galileo appears clearly in the Copernican camp and also provides an early formulation for the principle of inertia.
  • Newton's First Reflecting Telescope

    Isaac Newton builds his first reflecting telescope; the design, which includes an eyepiece and a concave mirror, is known today as 'Newtonian'.
  • Newton's First Spectrum Light

    Isaac Newton established by means a experiment that white light was not one and pure, but rather that white light was mixed and was diversed in character: white light, against tradition, was in fact composed of a spectrum of colors and each color is the result of a measurable angle of bending.