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1543
A Book on the Human Body
Andreas Vesalius published the book "On the Fabric of the Human Body" which contained detailed descriptions of the inner working of the human body found by Vesalius dissecting human corpses (Black and Beck 549). -
1543
The Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus published his finding after performing experiments that proved the solar system to revolve around the sun, rather than the earth, as previously thought (Black and Beck 546). -
1572
The Nova
Tycho Brahe discovered the presence of a nova, which opposed Aristotle’s proposal that the universe was a finite and unchanging space (Black and Beck 548). -
1581
Pendulum
Galileo Galilei performed an experiment in which he tracked the swing of a pendulum whilst tracking his pulse. He found the two to be swinging at the same rate and speed (Black and Beck 546). -
Planets in Motion
Johannes Kepler performed experiments that proved Copernicus’s findings true by applying mathematics and were the basis of his new laws that applied to planetary motion (Black and Beck 546). -
Galileo Studies the Heavens
Galileo Galilei successfully designed his own telescope and used it to observe the stars (Black and Beck 547). -
A Book on the Human Heart
William Harvey published a book titled "On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals" which explained the role that the human heart plays in the body (Black and Beck 550). -
Barometer
Evangelista Torricelli invented the first mercury barometer, a device used to measure atmospheric pressure, which may be used to find and predict weather patterns (Black and Beck, 549). -
Boyle's Law
Robert Boyle wrote the scientific law relating pressure to the volume of gasses (Black and Beck 550). -
Gravity
Isaac Newton published his findings on the theory of gravity, which proved that every object in the universe is being attracted to one another (Black and Beck 548). -
Fahrenheit Thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit invented the first thermometer using mercury in a glass tube, which displayed water’s freezing temperature at 32 degrees (Black and Beck 549). -
The Celsius Thermometer
Anders Celsius invented another scale on which to measure temperature, which depicted 0 degrees as the freezing (Black and Beck 549). -
Microscopic Life
Antonie Van Leuwenhoek used a microscope to observe the bacteria in tooth shavings and red blood cells to come to the conclusion that life didn’t come about spontaneously (Black and Beck 549). -
An Experiment in Gases
Joseph Priestley performed an experiment in which he separated a pure gas from the air both he and two lab mice were breathing. He found that after the change, the mice became more alert (Black and Beck 550). -
Oxygen
Antoin Lavoisier dubbed the newly identified gas all organisms used to breathe as oxygen, performing a similar experiment to that of Joseph Priestly (Black and Beck 550).
