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Nicolaus Copernicus' work on his heliocentric theory. It rewrote Ptolemaic theory for the Eath's rotation.
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Counter reformation begins
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Invented by Francois Viete, and was essential to the study of physics and astronomy.
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Demonstrates that a 1 lb weight and a 100 lb weight that are dropped at the same moment hit the ground at the same time, proving that the rate of fall does not depend on an objects weight.
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Describes observations of the moon's surface, and of Jupiter's moons, making the Church uncomfortable.
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The Inquisition forces Galileo to sign a recantation and condemns him to house arrest for the remaining nine years of his life
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Discusses how motion may be represented as a curve along a graph, defined by its relation to planes of reference.
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Robert Boyle's work sets the foundation for the study of matter on the atomic level.
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Published by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, applying the mechanical laws to the human organism.
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States Newton's laws of motion, forming the base of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of unversal gravitation
