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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Scientific Revolution
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Nov 8, 1543
Andreas Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
This is considered to be the first good work of science. He makes unprecedented Tabout the things ructure of the human body. -
Nov 8, 1543
Nicolas Copernicus Publishes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
Nicolas Copernicus publushes his new book. He sets out the hilocrentric theory. -
Giordano Bruno Publishes The Ash-Wednesday Supper, On Cause, Principle, and Unity, and On the Infinite Universe and Its Worlds
The renegade Italian is the centerpiece of which is the contention that the universe is infinitely large. -
Francois Viete Invents Analytical Trigonometry
Viete's invention is essential to the study of physics and astronomy. -
Galileo Galilei Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity
He discovered that heavier things don't fall as fast as things that are light. It is important because a lot of people use things involving gravity. -
Galileo Publishes Messenger of the Heavens
His book describes the moons surface and other planets. He collected observations threw his telescope. -
John Napier Publishes Description of the Marvelous Canon of Logarithms
Napier's invention is an essential step in the task of numerical calcuation. -
Johannes Kepler Reveals His Third and Final Law of Planetary Motion
Kepler's laws of planetary motion is the final step leading to the academic rejection of the Aristotelian system.