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Scientific Revolution

c. 1543–1687

The heliocentric diagram from Copernicus’s De revolutionibus, with concentric orbits around the Sun and Latin labels, on an aged page.

Recorded HistoryScientific Revolution

From Copernicus to Newton.

In 1543 Copernicus placed the Sun at the center of the planets’ orbits, and Vesalius published a book of anatomy drawn from dissection.

Galileo and Kepler followed, and Newton’s Principia of 1687 explained motion on Earth and in the sky with one law of gravitation.

c. 1543–1687, placed on the scale of its era on a line leading toward now.

Era
Recorded History
Period
c. 1543–1687
Edition
1/1
Status
Not Released
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