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Period: Jan 1, 1534 to
Scientific revolution contributions
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Nov 12, 1534
On the Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs
Copernicus outlined the heliocentric theory in On the Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs. URL: http://josecarilloforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=330.0 -
Nov 13, 1543
De humani corporis fabrica
Vesalius published De humani corporis fabrica which is one of the most influential books on human anatomy of the time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_humani_corporis_fabrica -
Nov 12, 1572
Crab Nebula
Tycho Brahe discovered this. Proof there was more to the heavens than just the earth -
Nov 12, 1577
New comet
Tycho Brahe discovered a new comet in which he was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere. The image here is a sketch he drew of the comet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1577 -
Giordano Bruno burnt
He was an Italian friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star. He was burned at the stake, being found for heresy. -
Three Laws of Planetary Motion
Kepler published the Three Laws of Planetary Motion. One of the laws stated "An equal area of the plane is covered in equal time by planet revolving around the Sun. (or the period of revolution around the Sun is proportional to distance from the Sun.)" Kepler was able to summarize the carefully collected data of his mentor—Tycho Brahe—with three statements that described the motion of planets in a sun-centered solar system. -
Novum Organum (New Tools)
This is a philisophical work by Francis Bacon and was written in latin. It demonstrated his scientific method which relies on empirical observation and induction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Organum -
On the Movement of the Heart and the Blood
William Harvey wrote this treatise which announced and demonstrated the circulation of the blood -
Dialogue on Two World Systems
It was by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the Ptolemaic system. "He presented his case in the form of a dialogue. One character (Simplicio) defended the Church's view, and another (Salviati) defended Copernicus' view. The Pope (who was a friend of Galileo), and other defenders of the Church's view on this subject, were insulted by being portrayed as Simplicio, and by having their strongly held view" http://www.jimloy.com/biograph/galileo.htm -
Galileo banned by the Church
After presenting his facts about the Copernican theory, the church banned Galilieo -
Discourse on Method
Rene descartes developed a scientific method that relied more on deduction (reasoning from general principle to arrive at specific facts) in this work -
Discourse on Two New Sciences
It was Gal's final book and a scientific testament covering much of his work in physics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_New_Sciences -
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
- A body moves in a straight line unless impeded. (Inertia).
- Every action has equal and opposite reaction.
- Every body attracts every other body with a force proportional to the distance between.
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Malpighi and Capillaries
he drew up a long account of his academical and scientific labors, correspondence and controversies. He saw for the the blood coursing through a network of small tubes on the surface of the lung and of the distended urinary bladder of the frog http://www.nndb.com/people/033/000095745/ -
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
The Principia states Newton's laws of motion, forming the foundation of classical mechanics, also Newton's law of universal gravitation, and a derivation of Kepler's laws of planetary motion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophiæ_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica -
Opticks
Opticks is a book written by Isaac Newton. It is about optics and the refraction of light,
