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Nicolaus Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory reasoned the Sun as the center of the solar system. The Earth, other planets and stars then revolved around the Sun.
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Galileo begins his studies in which further define his Law of Pendulum.
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Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion are published.
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Galileo builds his own telescope to study the heavens and discovers the moon's surface is rough.
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Francis Bacon's Novum Organum was published with his Baconian Method that set the stage for the Scientific Method.
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Newton's Law of Gravity published explaining how physical laws govern motion.