Scientific Revolution

By lajaidaeven21
  • Jan 1, 1220

    Roger Bacon

    Roger Bacon was born c. 1220 and died in 1292. He studied mathematics, astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages. Sometime between 1277 and 1279, Bacon was condemned to prison by his fellow Franciscans because of certain “suspected novelties” in his teaching. He was also the first European to describe in detail the process of making gunpowder, and he proposed flying machines and motorized ships and carriages. more info
  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    more infoNicolaus was born on February 19, 1473 in Toruń, Poland and he died on May 24, 1543 in Frauenburg, East Prussia which is now called Frombork, Poland. He was an astronomer who discovered that the the sun was the axis point of the rotating planets, that Earth is a planet which turns once daily on its own axis. He also discovered the precession of the equinoxes.
  • Jan 1, 1514

    Andreas Vesalius

    Andreas Vesalius
    Vesalius lived from 1514 to 1564. He started out as the helper of a physician then questioned his theories. He later went on to discover more about anatomy and then modern biology was born.
  • Dec 27, 1571

    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 in Germany. He died on November 15, 1630 in Regensburg, Germany. This astronomer added on to Nicolaus Copernicus's discovery of the solar system. He also explained how sight worked through the telescope. Also, he discovered several new semiregular polyhedrons.
  • Jan 1, 1578

    William Harvey

    William Harvey
    Harvey lived from 1578 to 1657. He was the first to demonstrate that the flow of blood through the human body was continuous. He did this through dissection.

  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    Newton lived from 1642 to 1727. He took the discoveries of the universe to the next level and found out how gravity worked. He also explained his theories in the book Principa. These theories later helped develop calculus.

  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei
    He was born on February 15, 1564 in Italy and died on January 8, 1642 near Florence. This man is famous for discovering the parabola, the improvement of the telescope, the discovery of Jupiter's moons, and the publishing of the Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World which resulted to him being locked in prison for the rest of his life.