Scientific Revolution

  • Ptolemy
    100

    Ptolemy

    geocentric universe, astronomy books, Greek, craters
  • Period: 100 to

    Scientific Leaders

  • Copernicus
    Apr 24, 1473

    Copernicus

    heliocentricity, church prosecuted, orbits/distances Sun
  • Brahe
    Apr 24, 1546

    Brahe

    developed instruments, geocentric model, supernovas, Mars
  • Galileo
    Jul 24, 1546

    Galileo

    physicist, mathematician, heresy, military, heliocentricity, laws
  • Kepler
    Apr 24, 1571

    Kepler

    Three laws: elliptical, speed, orbit; heliocentric
  • Telescope

    Telescope

    Hans Lippershey is thought to have invented the first telescope.
  • Newton

    Newton

    gravity, motion laws, books, calculus, telescope