Earth Science Assignment

  • 195 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    He used the sun to measure the size of the round earth.
  • 168

    Claudius Ptolemy

    He set up the Ptolemaic system - the sun, stars, and other planets revolved around Earth.
  • Feb 19, 1514

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He put the sun at the center of our system. Used his own observations to support his idea. He believed that the Earth rotates on its axis.
  • Jan 1, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycho built instruments to be able to see starts and used clocks and timekeepers. He was able to measure one minute of arc.
  • Sir Isaac Newton

    Famous for his work on forces. He calculated 3 laws describing the motion of forces between objects. Known as Newton's Lae
  • Albert Einstein

    Famous! Laws of physics are same throughout the universe. Speed of light is constant and space-time.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Planets traveled around the sun in ellipses. Calculated 3 laws.