Timeline of Scientific Discoveries - 14th Century

14th Century

  • Before 1327 – William of Ockham: Occam's Razor
  • Oxford Calculators: the mean speed theorem
  • Jean Buridan: theory of impetus
  • Nicole Oresme: discovery of the curvature of light through atmospheric refraction

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