Renaissance Scientists

Ptolemy

100

Egyptian astronomer geocentric solar system 100 C.E

Renaissance Scientists

Period: 100 to Apr 8, 1700

Copernicus

Apr 8, 1473

Renaissance Man heliocentric solar system 1473

Brahe

Apr 8, 1572

Danish astronomer precise measurements supernova 1572

Kepler

Apr 8, 1617

Found that the Earth orbits Sun 1571-1630

Galileo

Apr 8, 1632

Improved telescope, found sun is center

Newton

Apr 8, 1642

reflecting telescope best known for gravity 1642-1727