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Claudius Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy is responsible for the geocentric theory. The theory that claims the solar system revolves around the earth and that is why the sun and the moon rise and set. This was a very early theory that people dared to challenged when greater knowledge and technology was available. -
1200
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon was someone who started to question things that were already widely believed. Along with this, he favored using experimentation and science to prove and discover things other than just blaming phenomenons on alchemy - or magic. This sparked peoples thinking and inspired them to think outside of the box. -
Period: 1200 to
Scientific Revolution
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1507
Nicolaus Copernicus
In 1507, Nicolaus Copernicus discovered that the earth rotated around the sun. He called this theory heliocentric. This was a big event in the scientific revolution because it proves the previous geocentric theory wrong. Earth is not the center of the solar system, the sun is. Copernicus discovered this when he found that it was much easier to look at planet maps when it was set up this way. And to explain the setting and rising of the sun, he claimed that the earth spun which is still very true -
1540
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius studied anatomy in the 1500's and in January of 1540, Vesalius decided to part ways with traditional methods and use his own. This included dissecting himself and cadavers to discover more about the body. He also examined ancient texts to help him. While doing this, he discovered that Galenic anatomy was not based off of the human body. Proving this, he quickly made an anatomy textbook for publication. This opened the gateway to knowledge about the human anatomy unlike before. -
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a mathematician who showed interest in Nicolaus Copernicus' heliocentric theory. Kepler used models, observations, a math in order to prove this theory correct. He did have to work through some flaws that did not add up or were incorrect in Copernicus' original claim but showed evidence backing it up. Kepler also created the laws of planetary motion which shows his thinking and demonstrates how the solar system moves. Which is something we still use in everyday science. -
Galileo Galilei
In 1609, Galileo Galilei read about a telescope created in the Netherlands and later decided to recreate the instrument for himself - but only better. Galileo created a telescope that magnified things by 20x. With this instrument, by January of 1610, the astronomer discovered 4 moons revolving around Jupiter, saw many more stars, and drew the phases of the moon. This affects modern day because we have many telescopes that help us observe the moon and other things like Galileo did. -
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon - A philosopher and scientist, believed that theories could be made through observation but they must not be assumed true without further testing and proof that they were correct with reasoning. This ensured that what was being investigated was true and didn't have to be proven wrong. We now use this in normal experiments to check our results and prove our claims true or false. -
William Harvey
William Harvey was the first known scientists to discover and provide evidence that the blood circulates through the body at a constant flow by being pumped through arteries and veins. It was previously believed that there were 2 systems working- one was purple and one was not and the blood did not flow constantly. Harvey investigated the heart and how much blood it produced/expelled throughout the body and how it worked. This finding has lead to further knowledge on the human body unlike before -
Rene Decartes
Along with Francis Bacon, Descartes believed that no assumption should be accepted without questioning its reliability. Tests and experiments should always be run to tell whether or not what is being assumed is true and helpful. Or in other words, all assumptions had to be backed up with facts. We use this "method" nowadays to check our work and get constant result during things like experiments. -
Gottfried Liebnitz
Gottfried Liebnitz is the man responsible for creating calculus. Isaac Newton has also created things along these lines and is said to have created calculus aswell. These two men discovered this type of math individually. This type of math mainly focused on limits, functions, and integrals just to name some. Calculus is the study of change - and this mathematical discovery has defiantly lead to constant change in the world when it comes to how people think and did math. -
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek made single lens microscopes that provided a rather clear image of what was being examined through the lens. These were preferred over the compound microscope. Using this microscope, Leeuwenhoek eventually discovered what we know as protozoa. And some time later discovered bacteria through his microscope. These discoveries set a foundation for modern day biology. -
Isaac Newton
Newton did a number of things that contributed to the scientific revolution and changed the world as we know it. First being that he discovered the concept of gravity. Newton is known for creating the laws of motions otherwise known as Newtons laws of motion. He also developed a way to measure motion. Today this is still true. These findings had an large influence on how people saw the world because it went against the idea that the constant of attention from god and his angels made earth move. -
Joseph Preistley
Priestly began to study gasses after he became curious in the gases created in a brewery that he lived next to. He made many many scientific discoveries involving many different gasses. His greatest accomplishment came in 1774 by conducting a complicated experiment where he created a new gas that improved combustion and also proved that air was not just one gas but a makeup of many. This was a turning event during the revolution because it proved that there is more than one explanation. -
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle discovered that gases can be affected by the air temperature and pressure of things. To describe it in further depth, he discovered that when pressure increases, the amount of space a gas takes up decreases or vise versa - this is called Boyle's Law. This discovery is the basic structure for many chemistry experiments. He was also very fond of experimentation. -
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier was chemist who looked into different gases and proved many different things.He played a big role in the scientific revolution because one of his accomplishments is discovering that matter can change form but not be created or destroyed. Along with his other findings, he also discovered that steam is invisible because it evaporates into the air. This changed the way people were thinking because it enabled them to answer questions that were previously non-explainable.
