Scientific Revolution

Georg Peurbach's Theory

Aug 30, 1454

In his book Theoricae Novae Planetarum (Theory of the planets), Peurbach introduces the Ptomely epicycle. He believed that the planets were solid crystalline spheres, and that they were controlled by the sun.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. He was a priest, astonomer, and he brought the first theory that showed that the Earth was not in the center of the Universe. He wrote a book called, On the Revolutions of Celestial Spheres (De Revolutionibus orbium coelestiam). In this book he explained how the Earth was not the center of the univerese and instead the sun was the center.

Georg Joachim Rheticus publishes book

Sep 23, 1540

The book Narratio Prima is published which introduced Copernicus' heliocentric theory in this book. This was the first publication of Copernicus' theory. This book was also just an intro to the work Copernicus later publishes.

Gerolamo Cardona's book published

Jan 1, 1545

Gerolamo's book, Ars Magna (The Great Art), was published which was about Algebra. The book showed new ways to solve algebra equations and brought ways to solve cubic equations.

Tycho Brahe is born

Dec 14, 1546

Tycho Brahe was one of the few men doing the elaborate math to calculate the motion of the universe. Tycho was one of the men that argued about the Copernicus theory. He believed the earth was in the center of the universe. He took extensive mathematical observations and calculations. This just helped prove Copernicus' theory more.

Francis Bacon is born

Jan 22, 1561

Francis predicted that the universe like a machine. He was a person very truthful with the public and often said that old ways should be abandoned. He said that knowledged should be earned from experience and not books.

Galileo Galilei is born.

Feb 15, 1564

Galileo processd the Copernicus theory and took a deeper look into it. Galileo bought a Dutch inovation called the telescope that was around for a fw years before. He was the first to use the telescope to see into the heavens. He saw that there were mountains on the moon which could be a possibility of life on the moon. He presented his findings in the his book, The Starry Messager which was published in 1610.

Johannes Kepler is born.

Dec 27, 1571

Johannes Kepler belived that the sun was a spiritual essence and a presence of God. This is why he also believed that the sun was in the middle of the universe. He made a model of the universe which he published in his book New Astronomy in 1609. Soon others used his model to make their own predictions.