The Scientific Revolution of the 17th Century

Sir Francis Bacon: 1561-1626

Ptolemaic model

Copernicus: 1473-1543

On The Revolution of Heavenly Bodies

Tycho Brahe

Brahe’s Observatory at Ven

Johannes Kepler: 1571-1630

elliptical orbit

Galileo Galili (1564-1642

Galileo’s telescope

From The Starry Messenger

Galileo’s experiments with the laws of motion

The trial of Galileo: “eppere si muovo”

Sir Isaac Newton: 1642-1727

Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp

Joseph Wright of Derby: The Orrery

Joseph Wright of Derby Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump

René Descartes

Blaise Pascal

Pascal’s calculating machine

Interior of Pascal’s calculating machine