Galileo

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  • Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Renaissance astronomer who created a heliocentric model of the Universe. His work, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, is considered the start of astronomy.
  • Dec 14, 1546

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycho Brahe
    Danish Nobleman who found out supernovaes and had an assistant, Johannes Kepler, and he also developed the Laws of Planetary Motion.
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo

    Galileo was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. He created the telescope, and is known as "The Father of Science." He promoted Copernicism.
  • Dec 27, 1571

    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler was a German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer. He helped create the laws of Gravity.
  • Apr 1, 1578

    William Harvey

    William Harvey
    English physician who came up with the idea that blood circulates through the body by the heart.

  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes
    He is the Father of Analytical Geometry, and was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution.

  • Isaac Newton

    An English Physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who developed the three laws of motion, created calculus, and developed the idea of gravity. His work is Naturalis Principia Matematica.