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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus was very determined to get his theory called, heliocentric, published though out his entire life time. He also added physics to astromny. He wrote the De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestrium, which stated his theory on the planets. -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
Tycho was born into a Danish noble family in 1546. He was a very colorful character and at one point in his life had a little part of his nose cut off. He was a very good matheian. He spend a great deal of time on a island called hven. Where he made many obversations on planets and made new theorys. And stuied closey on Planet motion. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy in 1564. He was known for his inventions and theory's. One invetion he created in, 1609, was the first telescope. Later on he inveneted a telscope that could maginfy 20x. One very impressive achievement of his time. He also came up with the theory called, Corpenian system. Where Earth and other planets revloved around the sun, but this got him in trouble with the church. -
Dec 26, 1571
Johann Kepler
Johann Kepler was a German mathimican and an astronmer. He discovered that the planets indeed do revolve around the sun, not Earth. He married twice, but his children all died. In 1690, he published a document on his two laws about planetary motion. In 1621 he published his third law on planetary motion. -
Apr 1, 1578
William Harvey
He earned his degree at Cambridge University. In 1602 he graduacted with honors from the University of Padua. He then began to practice medicine. in 1628 he published a book called. An Anatominal Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in animals. In 1657 he oublished a secound book called, Essays on the Genrations of Animals. He was very regonized as a medical leader in his era. -
Rene Descartes
He was a fench philospher. Spent most of his life in the Dutch rebuplic. He was also a writer. He is called the Father of modern philoshy because all of his adchievements in philosy. He spent much time reading/writeing importnat texts -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was on of the best mathican, physicast, and was one of the best in the scientfic feild of all time. He was elcected a member of parliment at University of Cambridge, in 1689. In 1699 he became the mast of the mint. Also in 1671 he was elceted Fellow of the Royal Society.
