Early Thinkers

  • Nicholas Copernicus
    Feb 10, 1473

    Nicholas Copernicus

    He identified the concept of a heliocentric solar system
  • Tycho Brahe
    Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycho is known for his acurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations.
  • Johannes Kepler
    Dec 27, 1551

    Johannes Kepler

    Kepler is known for his laws of planetary motion.
  • Galieo Galilie
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galieo Galilie

    was known as the modern father of Astronomy
  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Sir Isaac Newton

    recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time
  • Edmond Haley

    Edmond Haley

    Known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halleys comet
  • Charles Messier

    Charles Messier

    Known as the 110 "Messier objects". The purpose of the catalogue was to help astronomical observers.
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    A Hanoverian born British astronomer, technical expert.
  • Anne Jump Cannon

    Anne Jump Cannon

    Her work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    He developed the general theory relativity, one of the two pilliars of modern physics.
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    Played a crucial role in establishing the filed of extraglactic astronomy and is generally regarded as one of the most important observational cosmologists of the 20th century
  • Frank Drake

    Frank Drake

    An American astronomer and astrophysicist. He is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial inelligence.
  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephen Hawking

    An English theoretical physicist, cosmologist.