Little Scale Timeline

  • Eratosthenes
    276 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    He was known for measuring the size of the Earth.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Came up with the Heliocentric Theory.
  • Francis Bacon
    1561

    Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon was a philosopher who contributed to the Scientific revolution.
  • Galileo Galilei
    1564

    Galileo Galilei

    Innovated the telescope to gather evidence proving that the Sun is the middle of the Universe.
  • Tycho Brahe
    1564

    Tycho Brahe

    He is best known for the astronomical observations and being an alchemist
  • Johannes Kepler
    1571

    Johannes Kepler

    Kelper is an astronomer who is known for the three panetary laws of motion.
  • René Descartes

    René Descartes

    He was a mathematician and a scientist, he believed that everything should be doubted unless mathematically or scientifically proven.
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    He was known as a philosopher and was called "Father of Liberalism". He believed that we are born knowing nothing and all of our knowledge comes from our experiences and senses.
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton

    He came up with the laws of motion. (invented gravity)
  • Dmitri Mendeleev

    Dmitri Mendeleev

    He put together the periodic table.
  • Marie Curie

    Marie Curie

    Discovered the elements radium and polonium.
  • Henrietta Leavitt

    Henrietta Leavitt

    She discovered the brightness of variable stars and can tell the distance of them.
  • Alfred Wegner

    Alfred Wegner

    He made the theory of Pangea (all contents being together).
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    He discovered another galaxy and demonstrated the understanding of the universe, saying that it is still expanding.
  • Harry Hammond Hess

    Harry Hammond Hess

    He had discovered the hundreds of flat-topped mountains, believe to be sunken island the Pacific floor.