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Jan 1, 1200
Alchemists
Alchemists used different methods like magic and spells to try to change one substance to another. This lead into gold. Alchemists had explanations on what they found and people still believed the natural event that occurred. These people who believed were called natural philosophers. They believed that Greek and Roman thinkers were the ones who could find ,mysteries and explain them. -
Jul 9, 1200
Roger Bacon
Of his time he was an English philosopher and a scientist. He was a Franciscan Monk who studied at Oxford and Paris. Scientific experimentation some what new and Bacon was one of the earliest scientists to participate in one rather than believing in old studies. During his time he mostly practiced Alchemy and became known as Doctor Mirabilis. -
Sep 23, 1500
Renaissance and it's Encouragement
People felt as if scientific evidence that was old should not be tested and rather believe that it was correct. But others were excited that new discoveries were happening and that scientists were figuring out more about everyday life. These people were more willing to question ides from earlier years. The Scientific Revolution came around and people started using mathematics and experiments to test old discoveries. -
Sep 23, 1500
New Approaches
People who were in the Scientific Revolution started to find answers for many questions in the physics, astronomy, and anatomy. These people based the information about what we know today as science. The word science meant "to know" before the 1600's. After the 1600's the world changed it's meaning of science to what meaning it is today. -
Sep 23, 1500
Nicholas Copernicus
Nicholas was a great Polish scientist. Usually viewed today as the founder of astronomy. He became the symbol of new ideas and approaches to others. His findings and approaches to studying was brought about the Scientific Revolution. He was born on 1473 and died on 1543. -
Sep 25, 1500
Disagreement
The famous astronomer Nicholas Copernicus disagreed that the world was the center of the universe from another astronomer from A.D. 100's. In this case he proved this astronomer wrong by almost explaining it in a simple way to make others understand that from sight he could tell that the sun was the middle of the universe, not the Earth. -
Inventions
Scientists used newly invented items or tools to help them gain more knowledge accurate matter. These tools were microscope, the telescope, the air pump, and the thermometer. They were great success in taking down accurate results. Though they tested over again to see of they got the same results, these tools helped them a lot. Scientific method is what this matter of studying is called. -
Andreas Vesalinus
Leonardo studied the human body. One day he said some very inspiring words that made Andreas study anatomy. "I advise you to trouble with these words unless you are speaking to a blind man." This inspired him. He did many things like he did his own studies to see how the human body was constructed. His work was extremely detailed for his time and helped people gain the understanding of the human body. -
Kelper and Galileo
Two men studied Copernicus theory later in time. Copernicus didn't have tools or the mathematics to prove his theory. They eventually proved that his theory was actually correct. They published Copernicus, Kelper, and Galileo's work in 1609. Galileo also built his own telescope and said that he saw things that no one has seen before and that not every heavenly body revolves around Earth. His published his findings in 1632 though many scholars disagreed and did not accept his work yet some did. -
Spreading Science
The Scientific Revolution sparked throughout Europe. Many people wanted to revive the church teaching. From that, with the help of the printing press, than decided to print scientists findings into journals to be put into schools, and for other scientists to read others discoveries. -
Other Discoveries
German Gottfried Liebnitz and Issac Newton both branched of into a new mathematic system called calculus. These two scientists did not work together. They both did their studying independent from one another. A Dutch scientists with the name of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek used the microscope to discover what bacteria was. He called them animalcules. These discoveries were found in the 1500's and 1600's. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon lived around the same time as Descartes. Many people thought that they should've worked together because they both had similar beliefs. Bacon was different from other scientists. He used a physical explanation instead of thinking and or reasoning. His studies included scientific method's, geometry, algebra, physical science, and astronomy. -
René Descartes
René Descartes was a French philosopher and a leader of the Scientific Revolution. His ideas lead to incredible advancement in all sorts of areas including mathematics, sciences, and philosophy. He created his own theory by simply stating the obvious that no one would think. He said, "I think, therefore I am." From this, he created a basic questioning system that lead to logical reasoning. -
Robert Boyle
He was one of the people who helped form chemistry. He showed the temperature and pressure affects on space that a gas occupies. Many other scientists helped form chemistry like showing people that fire wasn't a element, only a rapid quick combination of oxygen. Also the discovery of the element oxygen was discovered in 1774. -
Issac Newton
Issac Newton studied the work of Copernicus, Kelper, and Galileo's work. Even though they proved Copernicus's theory correct, they couldn't explain why these planets circled around the sun. Issac proposed the laws of gravitational attraction which means all bodies attract each other. He proved that Kelper and Galileo's work were examples of the law of universal gravitation. Newton was a huge impact of his time an his work is still applied to our science today. -
Scientific Revolution
By the ate 1700's, the amount of knowledge that was gained from these people was incredible. The speed of knowledge that was gained was actually important to the Revolution. This made the printing press, scientific societies, and much more. By the late 1700's, the approach to science spreading throughout all of Europe.