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560 BCE
Before the renaissance
before the renaissance, the churches and the religous leaders were forcing people to believe all of the old myths and religous rumors. If anyone tried to tell the churches they were wrong, they were considered witchcraft supporters, or devil worshipers. -
160
Ptolemy's geocentric theory
Ptolemy was convinced that the earth was the center of the universe, and everything in the universe revolved around it, and convinced everyone that he was right, and any other person that thought he was wrong was considered a witch, or devil worshiper, and sentenced to death -
1540
scientific revolution begins
people began to really investigate these ancient myths, and began to find that they were, in fact, just myths, with no evidence to prove that they were actually true. -
1543
Geocentric theory: Copernicus
Copernicus was bent on proving the geocentric theory wrong, because he knew that the earth actually orbited around the sun. He proved it by finding the evidence that proves his heliocentric theory right -
1543
Andreas Veselius: The study of Anatomy
Veselius' studies showed the world what really happens inside the body, and also provided ways to heal diseases, now that they knew what kinds of things were causing the diseases. This discovery also enabled us to a certain extent to autopsy people that died, and figure out what killed them. -
1560
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was a huge part of the scientific revolution: Bacon developed new theories by conducting many experiments, and finding evidence to prove that he is right, and all of the older myths are wrong -
new inventions: microscope, telescope, typewriter
the scientific revolution brought in new inventions and new ways to prove all of these old myths that people were being convinced were right. This also provided a new and more reliable way to study space and other kinds of scientific data. -
Planetary motion: Johannes Kepler
Kepler proved that the planets did, In fact revolve around the sun, but he also discovered why, and how they did this. He found that the suns gravitational pull caused all of the planets to be drawn toward it, and orbit around the sun, making a full rotation every 365 days, or a full year -
Modernized Chemistry: Robert Boyle
Boyle was also extremely important to the scientific revolution. He created new ways to study different categories f science, and also created the air ump, which he used in many of his experiments. -
Discovering new types of Bacteria using a microscope:
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Isaac Newton: creator of the gravity and physics laws
this was probably the most important discovery of the scientific revolution, in my opinion. Before this, no one could really figure out why things just didn't float or roll away, and these new laws discovered by Newton explained everything. -
New type of math discovered: Calculus
this new type of math solved an astonishing amount of myths, because it allowed people to provide evidence and prove that their evidence was right, using math. -
Gottfried leibniz: discoverer of Calculus
this new way of solving complex problems helped fuel much of the new theories that were emerging, because it gave people a way to prove that they were right, by using math. -
the discovery of form changing matters: antoine loivisier
this was a big breakthrough,because before this was discovered, people thought that things like ice and other form changing matters were the work of the devil, and this proved that this theory was nothing more than a joke. -
the discovery of the oxygen element: Joseph Priestly
this might have been one of, if not the biggest discoveries that was made during the scientific revolution, because this proved so many myths about the sky and air that the churches were convincing people were true.
