Timeline Activity

Copernicus

Jan 1, 1514

Nicolaus Copernicus
Prussia/ Poland
known for his theory of Heliocentrism that said that the sun was the center of the solar system

Kepler

Jan 1, 1590

found a formal relating size of each panets orbital period.
Germany

Galileo

Jan 1, 1615

Galileo Galilei
Italy
known for his major role in the scientific revolution as well as his contribution to kinematics, observational astronomy, and his support for heliocentrism

Snell

Jan 1, 1621

Gregory Snell formulated law of refraction, degree of bending light depends on material.
Netherlands

Hooke

Jan 1, 1660

Robert Hooke
England
known for discovering the law of elasticity, now known as Hooke's law as well as sis studies of microscopic fossils that led him to be one of the first proponents of a theory of evolution

Newton

Jan 1, 1707

Issac Newton discovered gravity and formulated the laws of universal gravitation

Franklin

Jan 1, 1740

Benjamin Franklin
Boston, Massachusetts
known for his various inventions and contributions to society such as bifocal glasses, the lightening rod, glass armonica, and most importantly electricity

James Watt

Jan 1, 1760

Developed the concept of horse power, steam engine.
England

Avogadro

Jan 1, 1811

Amedeo Avogadro
Italy
Italian scientist known for his theory that equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules.

Ampere

Sep 1, 1820

André-Marie Ampère
France
French physicist who is known for having the SI unit of measurement of electric current, the ampere, named after him.

Ohm

Jan 1, 1827

Gregory Ohm formulated Ohms's law. He was a famous preceder of his own fathers work.
Germany

Joule

Jan 1, 1840

Studied nature of heat and discovered its relation to mech-work 1st law of thermodynamics
England

Doppler

Jan 1, 1842

Christian Doppler
Austria
known for the Doppler Effect named after Doppler which is is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source.

Thompson

Jan 1, 1846

created the term "kinetic energy" joule-thompson effect. Discovered Kelvin.
England

Hertz

Jan 1, 1879

Heinrich Hertz
Germany
known for his research that proved the existence of electromagnetic waves

Tesla

Jan 1, 1893

Created the Tesla coil, electric conduction, helped discover the magnetic field.
Austria

Einstein

Jan 1, 1916

Albert Einstein
Ulm/ German Empire
known for his theory of general relativity which is the geometric theory of gravitation and how it is currently described in modern physics