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Period: Jan 1, 1540 to
Scientific timespan
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Jan 1, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory
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Mar 15, 1543
Vesalius publishes Human Anatomy textbooks
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Mar 15, 1572
Brahe discovers Nova which contradicts Aristotles idea that the universe is unchanging.
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Mar 15, 1581
Galileo discovered the law of the pendulum
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Janssen invents microscope.
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Kepler publishes first two laws of planitary motion.
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Galileo publishes Starry Messenger
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Bacon's book Novum Organum encourages experitmental method
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Harvey reveals how a human heart functions
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Galileo faces inquisition for support of Copernicus's Theory
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Descartes's book "Discourse on Method" sets forth his scientific method his scientific reasoning of the basis of doubt
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Torricelli invents Barometer
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Boyle discovers mathematical relationship between pressure and volume of gases, a.k.a. Boyles Law
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Leeuwenhoek observes bacteria through microscope.
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Newton pushes Law of Gravity
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Fahrenheit invents mercury thermometer.