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Jan 1, 1513
Nicolaus Copernicus
- Prussia -Founder of modern astrology (heliocentric model) -He published his first book the year he died.
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Johannes Kepler
-German
-Law of Planetary Motion. Key figure in the Scientific Revolution.
-Encorporated religious elements into his work. -
Galileo Galilei
-Italy
-Supported Copnicus' theory and worked to prove it. Discorvered sun spots; improved the telescope; developed the universal law of acceleration.
-Known as the "Father of Modern Science". -
Willebrord Snellius
-Netherlands
-Snell's Law
-Snell’s law went unpublished until its mention by Christiaan Huygens -
Robert Hooke
-Great Britian
-Hooke's Law (the law of elasticity: describes the linear variation of tension with extension in an elastic spring) Played a major role in the Scientific Revolution.
-Resolved how to measure distance to a star. -
Isaac Newton
-Great Britian
-3 Laws of Motion, Law of Universal Gravitation, invented the reflecting telescope.
-Dedicated a lot of his time to the study of biblical chronology and alchemy, but most of his work in those areas remained unpublished until long after his death -
James Watt
-Scotland
-Made improvements for the steam engine that were crucial to the Industrial Revolution.
-The SI unit for power was named after him. (watt) -
Benjamin Franklin
-Boston, MA
-Invented the lightning rod and bi-focals. First to use "positive" and "negative" when talking about electricity. (key and kite experiment)
-Ran away at age 17 and became a publisher. -
Amedeo Avogadro
-Italy
-Contributed to molecular theory
-Avagadro's number wasn't found by Amedeo. It was named after him after he had died -
André-Marie Ampère
-France
-Laying down basics of Electrodynamics
-The SI unit for electric current is named after him. (ampere) -
Georg Ohm
-German
-Ohm's Law (direct proportionality between the voltage applied across a conductor and the resultant electric current.)
-Of the seven children in his family only three survived. -
Christian Doppler
-Austria
-Discovered the Doppler Effect (the frequency of a wave is relative to location) which led to the Doppler radar
-Was an elementary school math teacher before he decided to become a professor. -
Lord Kelvin
-Great Britian
-Formulated the Second Law of Thermodynamics and determined the correct value for Absolute Zero.
-First UK scientist to be elevated to the House of Lords. -
Nikola Tesla
-Croatia
-Patented the AC and worked on wireless lighting and electricity distribution in his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments.
-Wanted to give everyone free electricity. -
Heinrich Hertz
-Germany
-Expanded electromagnetic theory; developed radio, television, and radar.
-Died at age 36 due to blood poisioning. -
Albert Einstein
-Germany
-Light travels in photons, created theories related to relativity.
-Not considered a good student. -
James Prescott Joule
-Great Britian
-Law of Conservation of Energy and the First law of Thermodynamics.
-SI unit for energy is named after him (joule).
