Revolition

The Scientific Revolution

  • Nicholaus Copernicus
    May 16, 1514

    Nicholaus Copernicus

    Nicholaus Copernicus published his book 'Commentariolus' challenging the idea that the world revolved around the Earth. He introducd the idea of the heliocentric solar system, in which the planets revolved around the Sun.
  • Andreas Viscalius
    Jul 28, 1538

    Andreas Viscalius

    Andreas Viscalius was reknowned for his developments in medical theory. In this year, published Tablue Sex, a book about human anatomy based on his own findings, which challenged Galen's work. Five years later, he published the Fabric of the Human Body, which was the fist comprehensive encyclopedia of the human body.
  • Tycho Brahe
    Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycha Brahe was born on this day. He is known for paving the way for Kepler with his detailed observations of outer space. He is also known for his observatory, which many other scientists in his time used. In 1573, he published his observations in his book, De Nova et Nullius Aevi Memoria Prius Visa Stella.
  • Francis Bacon
    Sep 24, 1548

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon wrote his first politcal piece entitled "A Letter of Advice to Queen Elizabeth." He was known for challenging the scientific method. He was also involved in politics and philosophy.
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    On this day, Galileo Galilei was born. In his lifetime, he invented the telescope and founded calculus. He was also a supporter of Copernicus' work regarding the heliocentric solar system. He showed his support in his books Discourse on Floating Bodies and Letters on the Sunspots.
  • Ambroise Pare
    May 16, 1573

    Ambroise Pare

    Known as the Father of Modern Surgery, Pare published his book, Des Monstres, in this year. This book was about birth defects. He was known for being an indpendent thinker, wanting to be alone in a belief, so long as he was right.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    In this year, Johannes Kepler published his book, Mysterium Cosmographicum. It was the first outward suport of the Copernicus' theory of a sun-centered solar system. He is known for his three laws regarding plantery motion, including one that states that the plaents revolve around the Sun in an ellipse, rather than a perfect circle.
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    On this day, Robert Boyle was born. He was the first person to perform experiments, Boyle is best-known for creating Boyle's Law, which is about the relationship between gas and pressure. The first book he ever published was entitled New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air and Its Effects, written about air.
  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    William Harvey published his book An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in animals. Harvey used his own findings through dissections to challenge the idea of how blood flowed through animals and humans. He introduced the idea of blood flowing through the heart.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton was born on this day. During his lifetime, he discovered gravity and explained the three laws of universal gravitation. In 1687, he published his book Principia, about planteary motion.
  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes

    Rene DeScartes published Rules for the Direction of the Mind. This book challenged many laws in the psychological aspects of mathematics and physics.