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The geocentric model of Plato could not explain the retrograde motion of the planets.
The geocentric model of Plato could not explain the retrograde motion of the planets. -
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres
Nicolaus Copernicus wrote a heliocentric theory of the astronomer. -
1543
Andreas Vesalius publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant work of Galen, and presented itself as such. -
Galileo's experiment at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Galileo had dropped two balls of different masses from the Leaning Tower of Pisa to demonstrate that their time of descent was independent of their mass. -
Francis Bacon publishes The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. -
Johannes Kepler published his Laws of Planetary Motion
John Kepler's three laws of planetary motion can be stated as All planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits, having the Sun as one of the foci. -
Robert Hooke discovers cells
The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke. -
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria
He also improved the microscope and laid foundation for microbiology.
