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240 BCE
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes is credited with measuring the Earth’s diameter. He did so by measuring a shadow cast by a column. -
150
Claudius Ptolemy
He is famous for his geocentric model of the universe. While he is incorrect, it helped lead to the heliocentric discovery. -
1515
Nicolaus Copernicus
He first came up with the idea that the Sun is in the center of the solar system. We proved that the heliocentric model is correct. -
Tycho Brahe
Brahe discovered the geo-heliocentric model (also known as the Tychonic system). This is important because it led to the discovery to the correct model of the solar system (heliocentric). -
Johannes Kepler
Kepler’s Laws are named after him because he discovered that planets move in ellipses, and that they slow down based on how far from the sun a planet is in orbit. -
Sir Isaac Newton
Newton discovered the laws of gravity. These are important basics that explain a lot of things, and help us to discover more. -
Albert Einstein
One of the greatest things Einstein is known for is the discovery of the Theory of Relativity. It is known as the building block for physics.