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130,800 BCE
Big Bang
13.8 Billion Years Ago -
130,600 BCE
Stars Light Up
13.6 billion years ago or 200 million years after the big bang. -
130,600 BCE
New Chemical Element Form
Third Threshold of increasing complexity.
200 million years after the Big Bang or 13.6 billion years ago. -
30,770 BCE
First Life Appears on Earth
Almost 1 Billion years after the formation of the Earth, the first life organisms started to form, (generally microscopic organism) 3.77 bilion years ago. -
3100 BCE
Hominids Appear
The first intelligent life forms appear that are the main ancestors of humans that formed 6 million years ago or 3100 BCE -
Period: 1596 BCE to
René Descartes
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. -
Period: 276 BCE to 194 BCE
Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He was a man of learning, becoming the chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria. -
Period: 100 to 165
Claudius Ptomely
One of the earliest scientists in the scientific revolution that came up with the geocentric theory. -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Discovered the Heliocentric view. -
Period: Dec 14, 1546 to
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman, astronomer, and writer known for his astronomical observations. -
Period: Jan 22, 1561 to
Francis Bacon
Bacon was an english philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution. Bacon also played a major role in emperialism -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
One of the most well known scientists who agreed with the Heliocentric theory and discovered some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons. -
Period: Dec 27, 1571 to
Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer. He was best known for his laws of planetary motion, and his books Astronomia nova, Harmonices Mundi, and Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. -
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John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, best known as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. -
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Isaac Newton
One of the most historical physicists, who created the famous laws of motion, which are still used in the modern day. -
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Marie Curie
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Henrietta Leavitt
Leavitt discovered how to date back stars using light. -
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Alfred Wegener
Alfred Lothar Wegener was a famous German polar researcher, geophysicist and meteorologist. He was primarily known for his achievements in meteorology and as a pioneer of polar research. -
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Dmitri Mendeleev
Best known for his discovery of the periodic table. -
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Edwin Hubble
Discovered that our universe is expanding. -
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Harry Hammond Hess
Harry Hammond Hess was a geologist and a United States Navy officer who used sonar detection in submarines. Considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. -
Present Day
Today.