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Period: 476 to 550
Aryabhatta
he was famous for writing remarkable books on astronomy and mathematics. His sole surviving book is the Aryabhatiya, an insightful work on math, astronomy and geometry.
India's first satellite, named for the Indian mathematician
Aryabhatta. Aryabatta correctly explained the causes of solar and launar eclipses - inproving the then - popular Indian belief that the eclipses were the work of a demon called
Rahu - and gave a value for the length of the year. -
Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
Copernicus
also known as the founder of modern astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person/ man to devise a coprehensive heliocentric cosmology, which displaced the from the center of the universe. Copernicus heliocentric theory acted as the catalyst for the scientific revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, which is sometimes known as the Copernican revolition -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo
Shortly after the death of Copernicus, the next great astonomer was born. His name was Galileo Galilei. galileo was the first astronomer to use what we call science yo find out what universe is made of. Copernicus was right, but he was only guessing. Galilao was not going to guess. -
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CSIRO
In 1916, the Australian Government established the advisory Council of science and industry as the first step towards a 'national labortory'. Seven years later, a report on how to organise Australian science resulted in the establishment of the council for scientific and industrail Research (CSIRO)