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1200
From Magic to Science
Roger Bacon was an English philosopher. He was a scientists in the 1200's. He was a Franciscan monk who studied at Oxford and Paris. Many people looked at Roger Bacon as a leading scholar of the time. He was one of the first to start thinking about scientific experimentation. Many believed in faithful acceptance of religious ideas or ancient beliefs. This definitely challenged and changed the way people thought because they are now accepting a whole new concept of science and magic. -
1500
Copernicus abandoned Ptolemy geocentric theory
Ptolemy believed that everything (the sun and all the planets revolved around earth) revolved around earth. Many thought it was true because of their senses. The theory was developed in the A.D. 100s. Copernicus abandoning the geocentric theory was the start of the scientific revolution.This changed how many people thought about the world. This theory however affected many astronomers more than others because it gave them a baseline of how the world works and studied this on their own. -
1543
heliocentric/sun-centered theory was published.
Nicolaus Copernicus published the sun-centered theory in 1543. This theory was the start of the scientific revolution. People believed Ptolemy Earth centered theory for a long time. When Nicolas published his theory, others rejected it and didn't believe it. Even though others didn't believe his theory, there were many who worked to prove that Copernicus was right. (Galileo, Kepler, Newton) -
1543
Vesalius published book on the human body.
Andreas Vesalius didn't accept any descriptions of human muscles and tissues written by Galen 400 years earlier. He observed on his own and published his book in 1543 called On the fabric of the human body. The drawings and illustrations of the body in his book were very detailed for his time. This helped readers have a visual understanding of the human body. These illustrations also showed how they work together. -
Rene Descartes
Rene Descartes was born in 1596. Rene Descartes is a French philosopher and mathematician. His ideas inspired others that led to great things in math, science and philosophy. He believed that no assumptions should be accepted without question. -
1600's meaning of science
The new approach of scientific experimentation made it easier to find answers in Astronomy, physics, and anatomy. before the year of 1600, science meant "to know." after the 1600's the word science changed into what science means today. -
Calculus invented
A new branch of Mathematics called Calculus was invented by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Liebritz. These two did not work together well so they developed their mathematical ideas independently. Calculus changed the way people saw mathematics. This helped astronomers with their calculations. -
telescope was invented
Galileo invented the telescope to begin studying space. He was the first to see the spots on the sun, the rings around Saturn and the moon up close. This was big event in the scientific revolution because this allowed you to observe the stars and planets. -
Johannes Kepler published the laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler was a intelligent mathematician. He used models, observations of his own, and mathematics to see if Copernicus's heliocentrick theory was right. He proved them right and published his laws of planetary motion in 1609. Kepler had a little help from an Italian scientist Galileo. This event changed how many people thought about the world because Johannes Kepler and Galileo had evidence that Copernicus didn't. -
Galileo published his findings
Galileo worked with the mathematician Johannes Kepler to prove Copernicus' sun-centered theory to be true. Galileo built his own telescope. He was able to see many objects in space that no one has ever seen. He used these observations to prove that every object in space does not revolve around Earth proving Ptolemy's theory that so many still believed to be wrong. This event probably changed how people thought about the world more than any because of the evidence he was able to provide. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle was an English-Irish scientists. He helped to advance the science of chemistry. chemistry studies the composition of matter and how matter changes. in the year of 1662, Boyle showed that there are two things that affect the space that a gas is in. Temperature and Pressure. -
Leeuwenhoek
He discovered the first single cell organism. He used a microscope to discover bacteria. the microscope was invented in the late 1500's. He called them animalcules. He studied and wrote abut a big range of tiny forms never seen by the human eye. -
Isaac Newton published book on the sun centered theory.
Issac Newton was very important to the scientific revolution. He published a book building on the work and study of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo. Issac Newton was able to explain why the planets moved around the sun. He came up with the law of universal gravitation. This law states that all objects/bodies attract each other. Newton also explained the laws of motion and figured a way of measuring motion.This led to many advancements in the future because of the law of universal gravitation. -
Lavoisier
Before Lavoisier people believed that fire was an element until Lavoisier showed that fire wasn't. He showed and proved many more things. He showed that matter can change the air and becomes invisible, and that matter doesn't only have one form. Also, that matter can not be created or destroyed. This idea is called the law of conversation of matter. -
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist who discovered the element of oxygen. Joseph didn't name Priestley didn't name the element but a French scientists named Antoine Lavoisier did. -
scientific impacts
Priestley and Lavoisier made their discoveries in the late 1700s. The scientific approach had spread all across Europe. It had spread over a big area in a very short amount of time. As you can see, all of the events in the scientific revolution before this had a huge impact during this time and has had a huge impact in the 21st century.
