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85
Claudius Ptolemy Birth
In Hermiou, Egypt -
Period: 85 to 165
Claudius Ptolemy
Ptolemy was also a geographer, astrologer and mathematician. he lived in Egypt, wrote in greek and had a Roman name. -
165
Claudius Ptolemy Death
In Alexandria, Egypt -
Period: 1473 to 1543
Nicolas Copernicus life
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Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus birth
In Torun, Poland -
Period: 1491 to 1503
Copernicus Studies
He studied at various universities in Italy and Poland -
1514
Publishes Little Commentary
In this, he explains his heliocentric view. -
1532
Copernicus completes On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
However, he waits to publish it. -
1543
Publishes book shortly before death
He finally published On the Revolutions of the Celestial spheres, and then passed shortly after. -
May 24, 1543
Copernicus Death
In Frombork, Poland -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo's Life
He was the first of seven children, and was born to Vincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammanati. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Birth
In Pisa, Italy -
Period: 1581 to
Galileo Studies at University of Pisa
The studies were primarily based on Aristotle's philosophy, but he questioned some of these views. -
Galileo teaches at University of Pisa
He taught mathematics, earning a modest salary. -
Galileo Teaches at the University of Padua
After his father died he got a job at this University, which paid 3 times as much. He taught mathematics, military architecture, fortification, surveying, and mechanics. -
Galileo began his observations of Venus
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Galileo published "Letters on Sunspots"
Based on his observations of the dark spots on the sun. -
Published "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems"
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Galileo sentenced to house arrest
He was convicted of heresy and forced to recant. -
Galileo publishes "Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations"
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Galileo Death
In Florence, Italy -
Newton's Birth
In Lincolnshire, England -
Period: to
Isaac Newton life
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Period: to
Newton goes to King's School at Grantham
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Period: to
Newton attends Cambridge University
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Period: to
Newton Graduates studies at Cambridge
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Newton becomes a professor
He became a math professor at Cambridge. -
Published Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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Published Opticks
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Newton was made President of Royal Society
He was knighted by Queen Anne -
Newton's Death
In London, England -
Period: to
Mendeleev
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Mendeleev wrote Organic Chemistry
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Period: to
Marie Curie
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Mendeleev published the first edition of Principles of Chemistry
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Mendeleev had a dream of the periodic table
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Mendeleev's idea of the periodic table are stolen by Julius Lother Meyer
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Marie Curie receives first nobel prize
for physics -
Marie Curie received 2nd Nobel prize
For Chemistry