The Scientific Revolution

By 2020MakulaS
  • 100 BCE

    Ptolemy thought that the Earth is in the center of the universe

    Ptolemy believed that the Earth was in the center of the Earth. This is known as the geocentric or "Earth-Centered" theory.
  • Jan 1, 1530

    Before/begining of scientific revolution

    People thought that science was magic
  • Jan 1, 1540

    Started to question ancient beliefs

    Before the scientific revolution, people thought that science was all a myth and through religion
  • Jan 1, 1541

    Nicolaus Copernicus thought that the sun was in the center of the universe

    Nicolaus Copernicus thought that the sun was in the center of the universe instead of earth centered. This was called heliocentric or "sun-centered".
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Copernicus made his theory public

    Copernicus published his theory, but people did not believe him since they "felt" that the Earth was in the center.
  • Jan 1, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius published a book

    Vesalius published a book on his findings about the human body called On the Fabric of the Human Body..

  • Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discovers bacteria

    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek used the microscope to discover bacteria.

  • People didn't know the meaning of science

    People thought that the word science meant "to know"

  • Kepler proved Copernicus' theory right.

    Johannes Kepler proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory right through math.

  • Fancis Bacon published a book

    Francis Bacon published a book about his thoughts on finding science called Novum Organum.

  • Galileo proved Copernicus' theory right.

    Galileo Galileo proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory right because of the telescope

  • Decartes published a book

    Descartes published a book named Discourse on Method.

  • Descartes Dies

    Rene Descartes dies in the Protestant kingdom of Sweden.

  • Robert Boyle discovers something new

    Robert Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies.

  • Issac Newton published a book

    Issac Newton published a book on Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo's findings.

  • Joseph Priestly discovered a new element

    Joseph Priestly discovered the element of oxygen where Antoine Lavoisier later named it.