Important Stuff

  • Eratosthenes
    294 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    -Made first measurement of earth
    -The starting point of future calculations
    276-194 bce
  • Claudius Ptolemy
    150

    Claudius Ptolemy

    -Starlight is refracted in the earths atmosphere
    -Published observations so future discoveries could be made
    -100-170 Ad
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    -Published Heliocentric model
    -Day and night are a result of rotation
    -1473-1543
  • Tycho Brahe
    1575

    Tycho Brahe

    -Proved earth centered model of the universe
    -Proved planetary motion
    -1546-1601
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    -Three Laws that govern planetary motion
    -Observed elliptical orbits
    -1571-1630
  • Sir Issac Newton

    Sir Issac Newton

    -Formulated basic laws of motion
    -Published work to prove Kepler
    1642-1727
  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein

    -Published theories of relativity
    -Explained photoelectric effect
    -1874-1955