Scientific Revolution
How humanity learned to understand the natural world through observation and reason
3 events
1543 CE
Science
Copernicus Publishes Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus proposes that the Earth revolves around the Sun, beginning the Scientific Revolution.
1687 CE
Science
Newton's Principia Published
Isaac Newton publishes his laws of motion and universal gravitation, unifying physics.
1859 CE
Science
Darwin Publishes On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin presents the theory of evolution by natural selection, transforming biology and human self-understanding.