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Jan 1, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus
1543 De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium (On the Revolution of Heavenly Orbs). He attended University of Padua. -
Period: Jan 1, 1473 to
Scientific Revolution in the 17th Century
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Jan 1, 1543
Vesulius
He is referred to as the founder of Modern Human Anatomy. He was a Flemish anatomist. He wrote De humani corporis fabrica. -
Nov 1, 1543
On the Revolution of Heavely Orbs
This was a book that was published by Copernicus which states his heliocentric theory. -
Jan 1, 1546
Tycho Brahe
1572-1573 Crab Nebula. 1577 New Comet. -
Jan 1, 1561
Francis Bacon
1620 Novum Organum (New Tools). Theory of Induction c.f. Karl Popper, David Hume -
Jan 1, 1564
Galileo Galillei
1600 Giordano Bruno burnt. 1615 Letter to Grand Duchess of Tuscany. 1632 Dialogue on Two World Systems. 1633 Galileo banned by Church. 1638 discourse on Two New Sciences. -
Jan 1, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Three Laws of Planetary Motion. -
Nov 12, 1572
Crab Nebula
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Rene Descartes
1637 Discourse on Method, and Theory of Deduction. Deductive reasoning is using your common sense to understand information from multiple generalized statements. -
Giordano Bruno burnt
Giordano Bruno was burnt by the Roman Catholic Church because he believed and campaigned for the Copernican System. -
Letter to Grand Duchess of Tuscany
The letter to he Grand Duchess was an essay talking about the relation between the revelations of the bible and the new discoveries of science. -
Three Laws of Planetary Motion
These three laws describing orbital motion and the way planets orbited the sun. -
Novum Organum
Meaning new tools was made by Francis Bacon.This is a philosophical work made by Bacon, and it was created in Latin. In this philosophical work Bacon stated his theory of Induction, learning by observation. -
William Harvey
1628 On the Movement of the Heart and the Blood. -
On the Movement of the Heart and the Blood.
This was when Harvery figured out how the heart and the blood flows through the body. He figured this out by dissecting animals and using reasoning. -
Dialogue on Two World Systems
This was a book which compared the copernican system and the ptolemaic system. This book was dedicated to his patron Ferdinando II de' Medici. -
Galileo banned by Church
In 1633 Galileo was banned by the church. Galileo was personally safe and his works had not been banned so he was good. He was banned because of his support of the Copernican System. -
Discourse on Method
This was a book which was very important to the evolution of natural sciences. In this book descartes mainly addresses the problem of skepticism. He started his reasoning under the basis that you should question everything. -
Discourse on Two New Sciences
This was the explanation of two new things, kinematics and strength of materials. -
Isaac Newton
1687 Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematic Principles of Natural Philosophy). 1672 Jean Picard and Mars. Jean Picard was an experiment conducted which in the end ended up finding mars.1704 Opticks. -
Malpighi and Capillaries
Malpighi discovered Capillaries. Malpighi used the telescope to look at the human brain and anatomy. -
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematic Principles of Natural Philosophy)
This was a book which Newton published which states his different theories and laws. His three laws of motion and then his laws of universal gravitation. -
Opticks
This was a book which was published to address the optics and refraction of light. This was considered a major contribution to science.