Scientific Revolution

  • Ptolemy
    100

    Ptolemy

    geocentric, no telescope, astronomy, geography, astrology
  • Period: 100 to

    Scientific Leaders

  • Copernicus
    Apr 24, 1473

    Copernicus

    astronomer, heliocentric, founder of modern astronomy
  • Brahe
    Apr 24, 1546

    Brahe

    astronomy, predicted eclipse, supernova, made instruments
  • Kepler
    Apr 24, 1573

    Kepler

    agreed with Copernicus, elliptical solar system
  • Telescope

    Telescope

    Hans Lippershey invented the telescope
  • Galileo

    Galileo

    Earth is spherical, discovered sun spots
  • Newton

    Newton

    discovered gravity, laws of motion, religious