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Ptolemy
Ptolemy stated that the Earth was the center of the universe. This statement was accepted for thousands of years. This was a huge discovery. This statement was the beginning of the scientific revolution with Copernicus questioning his statement. This had a huge impact on the world and had a major impact on the world. -
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Scientific Revolution
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1439
Printing Press
The printing press was a huge help for many scientists trying to publish there findings. With the press the church could no longer keep scientists from releasing there findings. Scientists showed evidence that proved many right. Many finding changed the way people thought about the universe and proved the church wrong. This had a major impact on the world and would be used for years to come. -
1500
Copernicus
During the early 1500 Copernicus argued that the sun was the center of the universe and not earth. This was challenged when he released his theory in 1543. People payed little attention and denied what he told them. Even though Copernicus had not instruments to prove his theory he would later be proven right by two other scientists. This would change the way people thought and would help later scientists have a better understanding of the universe -
1543
Vesalius
Vesalius studied the human body. He did not accept the descriptions of humans bodies that Galen had written 1400 years earlier. In 1543 he published a seven-volume book about the human body. This gave readers an insight on what the human body looked like disproving Galen. This had a huge impact on the world by having many people understand the complicated components of the human body. -
1570
Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek used a microscope to discover bacteria. He had called them animalcules. He studied these creatures and learned about the life forms never seen by the human eye. This changed the way people thought by bringing in these microscopic organisms. This impacted the future by being able to study bacteria and learn about the nature of it. -
1578
William Harvey
Harvey was a very important man. He studied the flow of blood. He observed how blood moved through veins and arteries. He studied the heart and how it works. This changed the way people thought about the human body. This showed how blood circulation worked. This had a major impact on the world by making it possible to studied blood flow. -
Johannes Kepler
Kepler would use his models and his mathematics to prove Copernicus correct. He established the laws of planetary motion. This meant that the planets orbited around the sun. Many still believed in Ptolemy's theory that Earth was the center of the universe. This lead to scientists having new ideas of the universe -
Bacon
Roger Bacon believed that scientific theories could only be proven by repeatable experiments. He determined theories by proof. This changed the way people looked at theories with many being disproved. This impacted the way science was looked at. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo made a telescope so that he could study the heavens. He based it off a Dutch device and started observing the stars. He studied the mountains and valleys of the moon, the rings around Saturn, the spots on the sun, and the moons of Jupiter. When he published his findings there was and uproar. Many refused to believe in his finding and the church said the theory contradicted the bible. Some said it was the work of the devil. This lead to many findings that had a impact on history. -
Descartes
Descartes believed that only ideas that were true beyond doubt could be taken seriously. He believed that all fields of science were connected. He said that all science should be studied together. He created the law of refraction. His challenged the way people thought about science which landed him in a kingdom. He changed the future by showing that everything has and explanation -
Liebnitz
Liebnitz was a very important character. He created the Law of Continuity. He changed the way people thought by creating one of the first calculators. This had a major impact on the world and would help later mathematicians. -
Boyle
Roger Boyle was one of the first to pioneer modern chemistry. He changed the way people thought by showing that pressure and temperature affect the space that a gas filled. He changed the world by finding this out. -
Issac Newton
Issac Newton created the three laws of motion. He determined that everything falls the same. He proved that many ideas of motion and physics were right. This changed the way people thought about motion. This was a major impact on the future of science while making it easier to measure falling objects. -
Lavoisier
Lavoisier was the one to prove that fire was not an element. He showed that fire could be lit by oxygen. This challenged the way people thought because for centuries people thought that fire was an element. He also showed that matter can change form. This was a major impact on the world. He made it easier to understand matter. -
Priestly
Priestly was the first person to discover the element of oxygen. This changed the way people thought because many didn't know what they were breathing in. This was a huge breakthrough in the scientific community with many scientists in the future being able to study and analyze oxygen as a whole.
