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Ptolemy's Statement About the Earth
Ptolemy was an astronomer that made a statement saying that Earth was the center of the universe. According to this statement, other planets and the sun moved around the earth. -
Sep 20, 1500
Scientists begin to disagree with ancient beliefs.
In this time era, scientists began to think that they should begin to draw conclusions and should make observations. They learned that they should begin conducting experiments. These changes were the starting points of the Scientific Revolution. -
Sep 20, 1500
Copernicus abandons Ptolemy's statement
Nicolaus Copernicus abandoned Ptolemy's statement and developed the heliocentric theory. This meant that the planets and earth moved around the sun. -
Period: Sep 22, 1500 to
Calulus is invented
Although not working together, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Liebnitz invented calculus. The two developed their ideas independently. -
Period: Sep 22, 1500 to
Microscope is invented
The microscope was an invention that allowed people to look through a lens that magnified objects. The difference between this and the telescope is that the telescope for magnifying things in the distance whereas the microscope is close up with microscopic objects. This allowed Antoni van Leeunwenhoek to later discover bacteria. -
Sep 20, 1543
Copernicus' Theory is published
When Copernicus published his theory, it received very little attention. This was because people said because you could see the sun and planets move but couldn't feel earth move that it meant Earth must be what the sun and planets move around. -
Sep 22, 1543
Vesalius published book, On the Fabric of the Human
Andreas Vesalius published a book on the human body that had seven volumes. He helped to explain how parts of the body worked together and what they did. He included very detailed drawings of the body. -
Johannes Kepler publishes laws of planetary motion
Johannes Kepler wanted to prove that the heliocentric theory was correct. Kepler used observation, models and mathematics to attempt to prove the heliocentric theory was correct. Even though he faced the issue of some of the ideas the heliocentric theory was based off of being proved wrong, he eventually proved the theory right and published his laws of planetary motion. -
Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum
Francis Bacon believed that no assumptions should be trusted unless they can be proved repeatedly by experiments. Bacon only believed an assumption if it could be demonstrated physically. Bacon published his new knowledge system in Novum Organum. -
Galileo Galilei publishes the findings on the geocentric theory
After reading about a device of the Dutch that made objects far away appear larger, Galileo built his own device that did the same. Nowhere near as advanced as today's telescopes, Galileo's could still allow him to make great observations about other planets, moons and the sun. Galileo published observations that stated that not all heavenly bodies revolve around the earth. -
René Descartes makes a statement in Discourse on Method
René Descartes thought differently than others. He thought that no assumptions should me be accepted if they are not questioned. He stated in Discourse on Method that assumptions should be proven by already known facts. -
A role is played in pioneering chemistry by Robert Boyle
Boyle made a discovery that really helped to pioneer chemistry. He proved that pressure and temperature affect the space occupied by a gas. -
Isaac Newton publishes a book on the heliocentric theory
Isaac Newton built off the idea of the heliocentric theory and the work that Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo did on it. His book explained more about it than other work because it explained why the planets moved the way it did. Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo didn't do this. -
The new scientific approach has spread across Europe
By this time, a new scientific approach has spread and the speed of discovery has greatly improved. Human understanding has increased dramatically and scientists now don't believe something is true unless it can be proved my experimenting multiple times. The Scientific Revolution has changed the way scientific discoveries are made. -
An element is discovered by Joseph Priestley
Priestley was an English chemist. He discovered the element oxygen however he did not name it, he only discovered it. -
Priestley's discovery is named
Antoine Lavoisier was a French scientist. He named Joseph Priestley's discovered element oxygen later in the year 1774.
