Early thinkers, matthew Lillis

  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicholas Copernicus

    Nicholas Copernicus
    Created the heliocentric model.
  • Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycho Brahe
    Discovered atmospheric refractions
  • Dec 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilie

    Galileo Galilie
    Created the law of pengulum
  • Dec 27, 1571

    Johnnes Kepler

    Johnnes Kepler
    predicted pair of transits by mercury and venus of the sun
  • Giovanni Cassini

    Giovanni Cassini
    Discovered four sattelites on Saturn, Discovered ring of saturn
  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Sir Isaac Newton
    "Principia" Newton Lew of Motion
  • Edmond Haley

    Edmond Haley
    Predicted 24 comits paths, first Hally's comet
  • Charles Messier

    Charles Messier
    Discovered the crab nebula
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel
    Discovered Mimas, Uranus, Enceladus, titania, and Oberon
  • Anne Jump Cannon

    Anne Jump Cannon
    Discovered thousands of stars threw out her life
  • Albert Einstin

    Albert Einstin
    Created the Theory of Relativity, helped create the first atomic bomb and was one of the brightest minds of the 20th century.
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble
    Measured the distance from earth to many galexies
  • Frank Drake

    Frank Drake
    founded SETI, major pioneer in extraterestrial inteligence
  • Carl Sagan

    Carl Sagan
    Contributed to Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Researched Venus
  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephen Hawking
    He was the founder of Black Holes