Renaissance Science

  • 100

    Ptolemy

    Ptolemy
    Believed that the world was geocentric.
    100 C.E.- 170 C.E.
  • Period: 100 to

    Renaissance Science

  • Apr 8, 1473

    Copernicus

    Copernicus
    astronomer to prove world was heliocentric.
    born in 1473
  • Apr 8, 1546

    Brahe

    Brahe
    discovered supernova and improved the telescope,
    1546-1601
  • Apr 8, 1546

    Galileo

    Galileo
    improved the telescope, invented the thermometer.
    born in 1564
  • Apr 8, 1571

    Kepler

    Kepler
    Discovered the principles of planetary motion

    1571-1630
  • Newton

    Newton
    Made newton’s laws, the color spectrum

    Born in 1642