Scientific Revolution

Europe before Scientific Revolution began PRIMARY E. R. (n.d.). Nicholas Copernicus De Revolutionibus (On the Revolutions). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/year-text-Copernicus.html

Jul 16, 1451

At the beginning came the important books of Copernicus in astronomy and Vesalius in anatomy, both published in 1543. In 1687 the appearance of Newton's Principia provided a sort of climax for previous achievements in astronomy and physics and became the basis for future developments in those fields. This period exceeds anything ever done in any part of the world. Consequently, modern European and western civilization alone can, in fact, be called a scientific civilization.

Girolamo Fracastoro

May 15, 1530

provides one of the first descriptions of a new disease in a work entitled Syphilis, or the French Disease. As an aside, the Italians called it the French disease, the French called it Italian disease. SECONDARY
Kreis, S. (1996, August). Lecture 10: Scientific Revolution. The History Guide. Retrieved from http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture10c.html

Galileo Galilei first telescope

Dec 8, 1609

alileo Galilei constructs his first telescope and turns it toward the heavens; his instruments begin at magnifications of approximately 3X and 10X, the most powerful achieving a magnification of 30X, an instrument he eventually gave away as a gift.
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Kreis, S. (1996, August). Lecture 10: Scientific Revolution. The History Guide. Retrieved from http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture10c.html

Galileo looking the sun

Dec 10, 1612

Galileo announced that through the observation of dark spots on the sun, he had concluded that the sun itself was revolving. This announcement spawned one of his first conflicts with the Church, which considered these findings contrary to Church doctrine SECONDARY
Kreis, S. (1996, August). Lecture 10: Scientific Revolution. The History Guide. Retrieved from http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture10c.html

The French philosopher Pierre Gassendi

Dec 24, 1624

opposing Scholasticism, argues for what has been called 'mitigated skepticism' whereby natural philosophy would be content with empirical methods and probable, not certain, conclusions. SECONDARY
Hatch, R. (2002, September). The scientific Revolution. Scientific Revolution. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/05-sr-lng-timeline.htm

Galileo without freedom

Aug 3, 1633

After he abjured, Galileo was placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life, his visitors, his mail, and his daily actions were monitored. While the Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, Galileo lived to see it translated into Latin, for a larger European audience, and he also saw his second major work, the Discours on the Two New Science published

René Descartes

Jun 17, 1641

Meditations presents his famous (or infamous) 'grand bi-furcation of the universe', that is, his dualistic metaphysical belief in res cogitans (mind) and res extensa (matter), the foundational belief of mechanistic natural philosophy. SECONDARY
Hatch, R. (2002, September). The scientific Revolution. Scientific Revolution. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/05-sr-lng-timeline.htm

Newton

Jun 14, 1670

Newton concentrated and sustained interest in alchemy. PRIMARY
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I. N., Sir. (n.d.). Opticks : Or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light (4th ed., Vol. 1730). London.
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I. N., Sir. (n.d.). Opticks : Or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light (4th ed., Vol. 1730). London.

Isaac Newton one of his first discoveries

Apr 16, 1672

In his first major publication, Isaac Newton (in the Philosophical Transactions) established by means of experiment that white light was not one and pure, but rather that white light was mixed and heterogeneous: white light, against tradition, was in fact composed of a spectrum of colors (the rainbow) and each color is the result of a measurable angle of bending (refraction). Color as a quality was, according to tradition, a quantifiable degree of refrangibility.

The laws of Newton

May 26, 1687

Arguably the most seminal work of the century, Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy proposes foundational principles for what has come to known as classical mechanics; by tradition, Newton established a new set of 'mental categories' now associated with the concepts of force, mass, acceleration as evidenced in three 'laws of motion' and principle of universal gravitation. PRIMARY

John Locke

Jun 27, 1690

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding John Locke (1632-1704), a friend of Newton, argues that knowledge of the nature is probable, not certain, and is rooted in sense experience, not innate ideas. SECONDARY
Hatch, R. (2002, September). The scientific Revolution. Scientific Revolution. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://users.clas.ufl.edu/ufhatch/pages/03-Sci-Rev/SCI-REV-Home/05-sr-lng-timeline.htm

Conclusion and map of Europe at century XVIII PRIMARY E. R. (n.d.). Nicholas Copernicus De Revolutionibus (On the Revolutions). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/year-text-Copernicus.html

Nov 9, 1733

The scientific revolution consisted of many individuals emerging and challenging the status quo to create a change. They created enduring and long-lasting influences, which created a tangible and significant impact on the lives of the people involved. The Scientific Revolution created a paradigm shift in the medieval worldview and set the stage for future developments, which has lead to eventual changes in the society and created the environment that exists today.