Renaissance Science

  • 100

    Ptolemy

    Ptolemy
    Earth center ancient Greece astronomer geosentric
  • Period: 100 to

    Scientific leaders

  • Apr 15, 1473

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    Sun center heliocentric theory death bed
  • Apr 15, 1572

    Brahe

    Brahe
    Earth center build globe planets around sun
  • Telescope

    Telescope
    Hans Lippershey
  • Kepler

    Kepler
    Found orbit of mars elliptica telescope
  • Galileo

    Galileo
    Thermometer compass improved telescope heliocentric motion
  • Newton

    Newton
    laws of motion principle of gravity