Science in the Renaissance

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  • Ptolemy
    100

    Ptolemy

    earth centered solar system, geocentric structure
  • Period: 100 to

    Scientific Leaders

  • Copernicus
    Apr 15, 1473

    Copernicus

    heliocentric hypothesis, founder of modern science
  • Brahe
    Apr 15, 1572

    Brahe

    built globe that helped study stars
  • Kepler

    Kepler

    proved church was wrong, elliptical movements
  • Galileo

    Galileo

    said aristotle was wrong, objects falling
  • Newton

    Newton

    laws of gravity, improved the telescope