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Jan 1, 1500
Copernicus argued that the sun was the center of of the universe.
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Feb 23, 1543
Medical advances
Andreas Vasalius and William Harvey make advances on the human body with detailed examinations and blood vessals. -
Feb 23, 1580
Microscope
Antoni van Leeunwenhoek uses microscope to discover bacteria. -
May 23, 1580
Calculus
Gottfried Liebnitz and Isaac Newton develop calculus. -
Kepler publishes book
Kepler publishes book proving copernicus's Heliocentic idea wass correct -
Experiments
Francis Bacon stated in his book Novum Organum that no assumptions could be trusted unless it was proven by repeatable results. -
Galileo publishes findings
Causes uproar for "contradicting" the bible. -
New method of thinking
Rene Descartes publishes Discourse on Method stating all assumptions had to be proven by fact -
Gas
Robert Boyle shows that temperature and pressure affect the space a gas occupies. -
Newton proposes gravity.
Described that objects are all actracted to a force called gravity. -
Discovery of oxygen
Joseph Priestly discovers oxygen and Antoine Lavoisier names it.