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Period: Jan 31, 1400 to
Scientific Revolution
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Jan 31, 1514
Andreas Vesalius
Vesalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy.Vesalius work on the vascular and circulatory systems was his greatest contribution to modern medicine. -
May 31, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus writes De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium
in this book he first mentioned that the Earth was not the center of the universe. -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Bacon invented the scientific method This method is still used today. -
Jan 31, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Kepler is well known for correctly explaining planetary motion with his 3 laws known as keplers laws -
Jan 31, 1578
William Harvey
William Harvey was best known for explaining blood circulation. People back then thought blood was pumped from the liver he was the first to discover that the heart pumped the blood. -
Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish was one of the first prolific female science writers she wrote about 14 scientific books. -
Robert Boyle
he is best known for boyles law which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. -
Galileo Galilei writes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
It compared the Copernican system to the Ptolemaic system. Copernican sytem was based on the fact that Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun. The Ptolemaic system was the belief that everything revolved around Earth. -
Rene Descartes
Descartes invented an algebraic geometry called analytic geometry. -
Isaac Newton
known for inventing the Reflecting Telescope and his three laws of motion. -
Maria Winkelmann
Maria Winkelmann discovered the comet of 1702 and was the first woman to discover a comet. Maria Winkelmann was also famous for some observations on the aurora borealis in 1707 -
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier is most noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion.
