Scientific Revolution

Scientific Revolution

Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Dec 31, 1750

Here are some of the important scientific advances made during the Scientific Revolution.

Heliocentric Model (Copernicus)

Nov 6, 1543

In the year 1543 Copernicus' worked on the heliocentric model of the solar system. Copemicus' made the heliocentric model to prove that the sun was located in the middle of the universe not the earth. Copemicus' invention helped people make calenders more accurate for its activities.

Gravity

Nov 8, 1554

Galileo Galilei showed that the weight of an object can't affect speed of that free falling object because many people thought that if something was heavy it would fall faster but Galileo proved people wrong.

Organizations in scientific feilds

Nov 12, 1620

Francis Bacon Publishes Novum Organum Bacon attempted to create organization and cooperation within the scientific community. He then demostrated how the diverse fields of science can connect to one another in some ways

Curves/Motion

Nov 8, 1637

Rene Descarteswas a man who showed people how motion may be represented as a curve along a graph, defined by its relation to planes of reference.

Gravitation

Nov 8, 1726

Issac Newton came up witth the idea of gravitation when one day he was sitting under a tree and an apple fell and hit his head. He then thought why when the apple fell why didn't it go sideways?.Also he thought when an apple fell why did it always fall to the ground?.