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Feb 19, 1472
Nicolaus Copernicus
Copernicus was the first to publish a theory that the earth was not the center of the earth but that the sun was. He also stated that the earth rotated on an axis , that why the stars moved. -
May 16, 1548
Tycho Brahe
Brahe made observations of planets especially mars, which later influenced Kepler. He also discovered lunar parallax. -
May 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born February 15 , 1564 in Pisa Italy. He invented the telescope and supported the heliocentric theory. His supportment got him in trouble with the Roman Church . -
Dec 27, 1571
Johann Kepler
He discovered that the orbits of the planets were not circles but eliptical. Kepler had 3 laws , that dealed with the planetary motion. Other than astronomy he also advanced in geometry . -
May 16, 1578
William Harvey
Harvey was fasinated with how the human body worked and blood. William said that blood was pumped from the heart throughout the body, then returned to the heart and recirculated. -
Rene Descartes
Rene is mostly famous for writing Meditationes de Prima Philosophia. He is known as the father of philosophy. -
Isaac Newton
Newton discovered gravitational force and laws of motions. Isaac also came up with the Binomial Theorem and was one of the two that created calculus.
