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May 16, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus
Nicolas was a polish astronomer and mathematician, born in 1473. He was one of many who proposed the heliocentric model and the idea that earth rotates on an axis daily. -
May 17, 1545
Ambroise Pare
Ambroise was a french surgen. He came up with treatments of gunshot wounds. And he advanced in making prothsetics and reformed the operation known as herniotomy. -
May 17, 1572
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe made an accurate star catalogue of 1000 stars, called "Stella Nova". He proved things like comets weren't objects in the atmoshpere. Kepler used some of Tycho's finding to help him with he made planetary law motions. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo was an italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher. Galileo was one of many who came up with the idea that the earth revolved around the sun, and he noticed the moons around Jupiter, and invented the first telescope. -
Johannes Kepler
Johannes published, "Astronomia Nova", In this book, his discoveries are called Kepler's first two laws of planetary motion. Published another book, " Epitome Astronomiae" in 1621, writing about the heliocentri model -
William Harvey
William harvey studied blood, circulation and was a physician. He wrote a book called, "Anatomical exercise on the motion of the heart and circulation of animals." He knew that the heart pumped blood into the circulatary system. -
Rene Descartes
Rene was a french mathematician. He was the first to describe the the terms matter and motion. His most famous saying was, " I think, therefore I am." -
Isaac Newton
Isaac was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician and theologian. Isaac discovered gravity and made the three universal laws of motion. He was one of the creators for calculus.
