1650 ⟶ Redi's Experiment Disproves Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi challenges the theory of spontaneous generati...
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🔭 Galileo's Telescopic Astronomical Discoveries

Galileo Galilei: Sidereus Nuncius: telescopic observations.⟶
Galileo's Telescopic Astronomical Discoveries (1610)
Scientific RevolutionAstronomyTelescopeGalileo GalileiHeliocentrismRenaissanceScientific Method
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🍎 Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies

Galileo Galilei: laws of falling bodies.⟶
Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies (1638)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsGalileo GalileiMechanicsExperimentationScientific Method
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🌡️ Barometer Invention

Barometer: invented by Evangelista Torricelli, or possibly up to three years earlier by Gasparo Berti.⟶
Barometer Invention (1643)
PhysicsMeasurementScientific RevolutionInstrumentation
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🧫 Redi's Experiment Disproves Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi challenges the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.⟶
Redi's Experiment Disproves Spontaneous Generation (1650)
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🧪 Francesco Redi Demonstrates Spontaneous Generation is False

Francesco Redi: disproved idea of spontaneous generation.⟶
Francesco Redi Demonstrates Spontaneous Generation is False (1668)
Scientific RevolutionBiologyExperimentationGerm TheoryScientific Method
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