Mathematicians of the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 9 people and 177 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno.

Notable people

  1. René Descartes

    from 1596 to 1650

    45 moments here

    French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…

  2. Galileo Galilei

    from 1564 to 1642

    35 moments here

    Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

  3. Giordano Bruno

    from 1548 to 1600

    31 moments here

    Italian Renaissance philosopher, Dominican friar, writer, and cosmological theorist. Born at Nola, Bruno studied and lived in Italy, Switzerland,…

  4. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1646 to 1687

    20 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  5. Johannes Kepler

    from 1571 to 1630

    16 moments here

    German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and music theorist. Kepler’s documented life moved from Württemberg schooling…

  6. Blaise Pascal

    from 1623 to 1662

    11 moments here

    French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal spent his life principally between Clermont-Ferrand, Paris,…

  7. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1588 to 1679

    11 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  8. Isaac Newton

    from 1643 to 1687

    7 moments here

    English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, alchemist, author, and public official.…

  9. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1543

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

Moments

  1. 1543 Death at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1548 Birth at Nola Giordano Bruno
  3. 1562 Studies in Naples Giordano Bruno
  4. 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
  5. 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
  6. 1565 Entered San Domenico Maggiore Giordano Bruno
  7. 1571 Birth in Weil der Stadt Johannes Kepler
  8. 1572 First Mass at Campagna Giordano Bruno
  9. 1574 Moved from Pisa to Florence Galileo Galilei
  10. 1575 Educated at Vallombrosa Abbey Galileo Galilei
  11. 1576 Lodging at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Giordano Bruno
  12. 1576 Arrival at Genoa Giordano Bruno
  13. 1576 Teaching at Noli Giordano Bruno
  14. 1577 Family move to Leonberg Johannes Kepler
  15. 1578 Bergamo stop during northern journey Giordano Bruno
  16. 1578 Stop at Chambéry Giordano Bruno
  17. 1579 Philosophy teaching at Toulouse Giordano Bruno
  18. 1579 University enrollment in Geneva Giordano Bruno
  19. 1579 Brief stay at Lyon Giordano Bruno
  20. 1581 Thirty lectures in Paris Giordano Bruno
  21. 1583 Observed the cathedral lantern Galileo Galilei
  22. 1583 Residence at Castelnau's London house Giordano Bruno
  23. 1583 First Oxford visit and public debate Giordano Bruno
  24. 1584 Monastic school at Adelberg Johannes Kepler
  25. 1584 Ash Wednesday discussion at Whitehall Giordano Bruno
  26. 1585 Return to Paris with Castelnau Giordano Bruno
  27. 1586 Seminary school at Maulbronn Johannes Kepler
  28. 1586 Disputation at the Collège de Cambrai Giordano Bruno
  29. 1586 Matriculation at Marburg Giordano Bruno
  30. 1586 Matriculation and lectures at Wittenberg Giordano Bruno
  31. 1588 Taught art and perspective in Florence Galileo Galilei
  32. 1588 Spring residence in Prague Giordano Bruno
  33. 1588 Birth at Westport Thomas Hobbes
  34. 1589 Registration at Helmstedt Giordano Bruno
  35. 1589 Entry to the Tübinger Stift Johannes Kepler
  36. 1589 Began teaching mathematics at Pisa Galileo Galilei
  37. 1590 Carmelite-convent lodging in Frankfurt Giordano Bruno
  38. 1591 Second Frankfurt stay Giordano Bruno
  39. 1591 Lectures in Zurich Giordano Bruno
  40. 1591 Arrival in Venice Giordano Bruno
  41. 1591 Geometry lectures in Padua Giordano Bruno
  42. 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei
  43. 1592 Mocenigo residence in Venice Giordano Bruno
  44. 1592 Imprisonment at San Domenico di Castello Giordano Bruno
  45. 1592 Sought the Padua chair in Venice Galileo Galilei
  46. 1592 Opened his Padua professorship Galileo Galilei
  47. 1593 Transfer to the Roman Inquisition prison Giordano Bruno
  48. 1594 Mathematics teacher in Graz Johannes Kepler
  49. 1596 Born at La Haye en Touraine René Descartes
  50. 1596 Baptized at Saint George René Descartes

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