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500 BCE
Aristotle of the 1500s
The natural philosophers of the 1500s still believed in the explanations made by Aristotle made 2000 years before. These people relied on the classical Greek and Roman thinkers to explain nature to them. -
1200
Roger Bacon
In the 1200s Roger Bacon was a hug impact on science and peoples beliefs of magic. Not only did he impact the beliefs of magic to science but he also influenced peoples thoughts on the Renaissance. -
1500
Copernicus
Polish scientist, Nicolas Copernicus left the geocentric theory, and started something called the Heliocentric theory which is where everything moves around the sun. -
1500
Other Scientific Discoveries
During the 1500s and 1600s many scientific discoveries were made in Europe. Things like calculus and the microscope was made that were a huge impact on that time. -
1500
The new study of nature
As scientists spent more time observing the world around them they started to disagree with traditional explanations. They learned to create there own conclusions on there own observations. They also started to use new tools like, mathematics, scientific instruments, and experiments. -
1543
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas pioneered DA Vinici's study of anatomy. Vesalius denied that descriptions of the human muscles and tissues written by Galen 400 years earlier. In 1543 Vesalius published his own book giving a better visual understanding of more complicated body parts. -
1543
William Harvey
English physician Harvey made ewual contributions to Andreas Vesalius findings and book. But he studied mroe of the blood veins and arteries and the bodies most important body parts(the heart). -
1550
From magic to science
Up until the 1500s, most people in Europe saw little difference between magic and science. They used spells and magic to change a substance into another.(like turning led into gold). And they also believed that the spots of the stars in the sky influenced human life. -
The Renaissance
The Renaissance started the discovery or curiosity of the nature of everyday life. During this era people began to use experiments and mathematics to understand this things. All of this changed the way people viewed science to a more narrow meaning. -
Johannes Kepler
Kepler who was a very skilled mathematician. He used models math and observations to test some of Copernicus's theory's. One of them being the Heliocentric theory which was wrong in some of his findings/data but soon came to a conclusion that it was true. He published his findings in 1609. -
Francis Bacon
English Philosopher Bacon believed that theories could only be developed through observations. He relied on truths that could be demonstrated physically which he published a book about in 1620. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo read of a dutch device that makes distant objects much larger and easier to view. He created his own version(the telescope) which is much simpler than the modern ones. As simple as it was he was the first one ever to see things such as the craters and mountains of the moon. He also observed the ring around Saturn and spots on the sun. He observed and came to the conclusion that the moons circling Jupiter which he then published in 1632. -
Rene Descartes
Descartes was a french philosopher and a mathematician. Descartes stated that all assumptions had to be proven on the basis of known facts. Only ideas that were true beyond all doubt could be accepted without risk. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle helped pioneer the modern science of chemistry. In 1682, Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton proposed the law of universal gravitation, this states that all bodies or planets are attracted to each other. He soon found out that the findings of Kepler and Galileo were just examples of the universal gravitation. And in one system Newton tied the movement of all things in the heavens and on earth together. Newton had an enormous impact on science of his time and even today. We are still using his law for science today.
