Scientific Thinking

Copernicus

Feb 19, 1473

Click Here to See the Model of His Galaxy 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543 He proposed the heliocentric model of the universe, which falsified the geocentric theory, which basically states that the sun is the center of the universe.

Bacon

Jan 22, 1561

22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626

Galileo

Feb 15, 1564

15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642 Galileo improved the use of the telescope. He created the paradigm of the telescope to look up at the stars and the universe, instead of only looking at landscape settings.

Kepler

Dec 27, 1571

December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630 Kepler stated that the planets travel in perfect circular orbits

Descartes

Mar 31, 1596

31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650 He proposed "a vortex-push theory for planetary motion, and for terrestrial gravity he had a separate theory of celestial-particles moving away from the center of the earth and so displacing and sucking-down masses in their path."

Newton

Jan 4, 1643

4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727 He built the first practical reflecting telescope, which was only used for viewing landscape settings at the time.

Einstein

Mar 14, 1879

14 March 1879–18 April 1955 Einstein proposed the gravitational force theory. He falsified Galileo's theory, and stated that due to gravitational forces, the shape in which the planets orbit is not a perfect sphere, but actually elipetical (oval) shaped.

Aristotle

Mar 2, 2022

Click Here to see the Model of His Galaxy (384 BC – 322 BC), He proposed a geocentric model of the universe, which basically means that the sun and all the planets revolve around the earth, making it the center of the universe.