1633
The trail of astronomer Galileo Galilei marks the divorce of religion and science.

1665
Isaac Newton provides an objective view of the universe that does not depend at all on the people using it.

1760
Industrial revolution cements the idea of a machine world.

1859
Charles Darwin publishes an old idea that life on the planet evolved over many years.

1897
The discovery of the electron – a triumph for the material view of the universe.

1905
Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity suggests the worlds appearance depends on how one views it. He also states that mass is just a solid form of energy. (E=mc²)