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Early Thinkers- Sean and Mitchell

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  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He is an astronomer who formulated a heliocentric model of the universe which placed the sun, rather than the earth, at the center.
  • Tycho Brahe
    Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    He is a well known astronomer and alchemist and has been described more recently as "the first competent mind in modern astronomy to feel ardently the passion for empirical facts".
  • Galileo Galilie
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilie

    He achievements improved the telescope.
  • Johannes Kepler
    Dec 27, 1571

    Johannes Kepler

    He provided one of the foundations for Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravation.
  • Giovanni Cassini

    Giovanni Cassini

    He is known for his work in the fields of astronomy and engineering.
  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Sir Isaac Newton

    He is the key figure in the scientific revolution and he dicovered Gravity.
  • Edmond Haley

    Edmond Haley

    He is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet.
  • Charles Messier

    Charles Messier

    He Is most notable for publishing an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    He became famous for discovering Uranus.
  • Anne Jump Cannon

    Anne Jump Cannon

    An american astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellary classification.
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    He developed the theory of relativity.
  • Edwin Hubble

    Edwin Hubble

    He was an American astronomer who played a crucial role in establishing the feild of extragalactic astronomy.
  • Frank Drake

    Frank Drake

    He is most notable as one of the pioneers in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
  • Carl Sagan

    Carl Sagan

    He discovered the high surface temperature of Venus
  • Stephen Hawking

    Stephen Hawking

    He is the author and director of research at the centre for theoretical cosmology.