5.8

  • 240 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    made the first measurement of the size of Earth for which any details are known.
    so we know how big the earth is
  • 150 BCE

    Claudius Ptolemy

    He posited that the Moon, Mercury, Venus, and the Sun all revolved around Earth. how everything works
  • 1514

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Earth and other planets revolve around the sun, or the Heliocentric Theory of the universe. we know how everything happens
  • 1572

    Tycho Brahe

    made accurate observations of the stars and planets
    1572
    so we can learn about stars
  • Johannes Kepler

    the Earth and planets travel about the sun in elliptical orbits.
    we understand how the universe works
  • isaac newton

    developed the three laws of motion how everything moves around
  • Albert Einstein

    Begins publications on the general theory of relativity how everything works