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The Scientific Revolution（Copperplate engraving）

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1543

The Scientific Revolution

Heliocentrism, the telescope and Newtonian mechanics establish the method of experiment plus mathematics, and nature becomes predictable.

Art style · Copperplate engraving

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Civilization metrics

Each sparkline shows the documented history of a metric on a logarithmic time axis. The dot marks the selected moment.

Kardashev index

0.521

Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1

World population

509Mpeople

1/16 of today

Total human primary energy power

1.6×10¹¹W

1/125 of today

Compute per dollar

—

No reliable data yet · data begins 1945

Fastest delivery time for a message from London to New York

—

No reliable data yet · data begins 1620

Fastest speed reached by humans

63km/h

1/633 of today

Near this moment

The eight closest milestones. Select a title to jump there.

  1. 1440Culture

    Around 1440, Gutenberg invented the printing press, and books began to be reproduced at scale. Source

  2. 1492-10-12Humanity

    A transatlantic route opened, beginning sustained contact between the Old World and the New. Source

  3. 1522-09-06Humanity

    The remnants of Magellan's fleet, led by Elcano, returned to Spain, completing the first voyage around the world. Source

  4. 1543Humanity

    Copernicus published On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, placing the Sun rather than Earth at the center. Source

  5. 1610-03-13Humanity

    Sidereus Nuncius was published, recording mountains on the Moon and the moons of Jupiter. Source

  6. 1687-07-05Humanity

    Newton set out the laws of motion and universal gravitation, describing heaven and Earth with the same mathematics. Source

  7. 1709Energy

    Abraham Darby smelted iron in a coke-fired blast furnace, and coal began to replace charcoal. Source

  8. 1712Energy

    The first practical steam engine, used to pump water from mines. Source

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