Small scale

By Saroj2004
  • Period: 274 BCE to 194 BCE

    Eratosthenes

    known for making the first measurements of the size of Earth
  • Period: 100 to 165

    Ptolemy

    Founded the theory of a Geocentric universe
  • Period: Feb 19, 1473 to Apr 24, 1543

    Copernicus

    Came up with the Heliocentric Theory
  • Period: Jan 22, 1561 to

    Bacon

    Helped with developing the scientific method
  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo

    Enhanced the telescope to further prove that the Earth revolved around the sun
  • Period: Dec 14, 1564 to

    Brahe

    known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations
  • Period: Dec 27, 1571 to

    Kepler

    key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion
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    Descartes

    known for his theory " Cartesian skepticism"
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    Locke

    Believed that everyone is born with a blank slate
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    Newton

    Came up with calculus, made the three laws of motion, and discovered the composition of white light
  • Period: to

    Mendeleev

    Came up with the periodic table
  • Period: to

    Leavett

    known for her discovery of the relationship between period and luminosity in Cepheid variables, pulsating stars that vary regularly in brightness in periods ranging from a few days to several months
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    Curie

    Known for discovering elements polonium and radium
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    wegener

    Known for proposing the theory of continental drift
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    Hubble

    Known for discovering that the universe is ever expanding
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    Hess

    Known for proving Wegener's theory
  • Period: to

    Present Day