renaissance scientists

  • 100

    Ptolemy

    Ptolemy
    Astronomer, mathematician, thought world was geocentric.
  • Period: 100 to

    Renaissance Scientists

  • Apr 8, 1473

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    books in Greece, astronomer, solar system
  • Apr 8, 1572

    Brahe

    Brahe
    Astronomer, discovered more than 700 stars
  • Kepler

    Kepler
    discovered Earth orbits sun. elliptical rotation
  • Galileo

    Galileo
    improved telescope put to death church
  • Newton

    Newton
    He created the Laws of Gravity.