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Jan 1, 1200
Scientist of the Renaissance
Roger Bacon was a scientist from the time of the renaissance (1200), and he was one of the first people to like a system of scientific reasoning/experimentation rather that ancient/religious beliefs. -
Jan 1, 1500
Microscope
Microscope was invented -
Jan 1, 1500
New Idea
In the early 1500s, Nicolaus Copernicus started to argue that the sun was the center of the universe (instead of the Earth) -
Jan 1, 1500
Questioning Beliefs
At the beginning of the 1500s, scientists began to start questioning ancient and religious beliefs. -
Jan 1, 1543
Sun-centered Universe
In 1543, Copernicus published his theory that the sun was the center of the universe instead of the Earth -
Jan 20, 1543
Human Body Findings
In 1543, Andreas Vesalius published a book on the human body. -
Jan 1, 1580
Start of Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution starts towards the end of the 1500s. -
Definition of science
In the late 1500s, the meaning of the word science meant 'to know', but into the 1600s it began to change into the meaning that it has today. -
Heliocentric Theory
In 1609, Johannes Kepler published his laws of planetary motion. He used a telescope to see the mountain and valleys of the moon. He saw spots on the sun and the different rings around Jupiter. -
Assumptions
In 1620, Francis Bacon published a book that outlined the idea that people should rely on facts that could be demonstrated rather than through thinking/reasoning. -
Solar System Findings
In 1632, Galileo Galilei published his findings about the solar system -
Invention of Calculus
In the mid-1600s Gottfried Liebnitz and Issac Newton both independently invented calculus. -
Temperature and Pressure
In 1662, Robert Boyle showed how temperature and pressure affect the space that gas occupies. -
Bacteria Discovery
In the 1670s, Antoni van Leewenhoek discovered bacteria -
New Reasoning
In 1687, Issac Newton published a book about how forces holds the planets in their orbit. He proposed the law of universal gravitation. He explained the laws of motions and developed ways of measuring motion using mathematics. -
Discovery of Oxygen
In 1774, Joseph Priestley made the discovery of oxygen, and it was later named by Antoine Lavoisier, who also showed that fire needs oxygen to start.
