14 Scientific Revolution - homework 2

1450

Leonardo da Vinci was born. He was a

painter, scientist, engineer, musician and

writer.

1509

First Grammar School established

1588

William Shakespeare begins to write his

famous works/plays.

1609

Galileo Galilei discovered the heliocentric

model and his work inspires Newton and

Halley.

1620

Francis Bacon develops the scientific

method

1657

Sir Christopher Wren is appointed Professor of Astronomy and the First tea, imported from China was sold in Britain

1662

The Royal Society (a group of scientists such as Newton and Pepys, who met regularly) was formed.

1686

Isaac Newton discovered gravity and wrote Principia

1702

World's first daily newspaper called The

Daily Courant is published in London.

1717

Lady Wortley Montagu experiments

with smallpox inoculations.

Sir Isaac Newton

Influential scientist

Copernicus

Renaissance Polymath

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian Polymath

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

Sir Walter Raleigh

English statesmen and explorer

William Shakespeare

English playwright

NAME

[Novelty,

Applicability, Memory and Effects] Is used to decide how significant an achievement is in the Scientific Revolution