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85
Ptolemy’s Birth
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Period: 85 to 685
Ptolemy
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180
Theorizes earth is spherical and geocentric
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681
Muslims accept the geocentric view
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Period: 1473 to 1543
Copernicus
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Feb 19, 1473
Birth of Nicolas
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1492
Studies at Krakow university
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1510
In a a canon at Cathedral
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1514
Writes about Heliocentric theory
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1532
Works on astronomical manuscripts
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1541
Publishes “On the revelutions of celestial spheres"
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May 24, 1543
Death of Copernicus
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Period: 1564 to
Galileo
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Feb 15, 1564
Birth of Galileo
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Believes heliocentric theory, creates a math invention
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Astronomical observation
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Creates a better telescope and observes Jupiter
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Venus circles the sun
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publishes "Dialogue concerning the two cheif world systems"
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Defends heliocentric theory
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publishes "Discourses and mathematical demonstrations"
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Galileo’s death
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Period: to
Newton
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Newton’s Birth
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Discover colors of white light, and gravity
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Publishes Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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Newton’s Death
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Period: to
Mendeleev
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Birth of Dimitri Mendeleev
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Family factory burns and goes to St. Petersburg
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Returns from Russia and writes a book “organic chemistry”
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Period: to
Marie Curie
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Marie Curie Born
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Publishes principles of Chemistry
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Establishes periodic table
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Marries Pierre Cuire
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Discovers Polonium and Radium
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Sees the silvery blue glow of radium
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Gets doctorate in physics and Nobel peace prize for discovering radioactivity
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Death of Dimitri Mendeleev
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2nd Nobel prize for chemistry becoming first person with two Nobel prizes
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Death of Marie Curie