Monday, September 17, 2012

Copernican Revolution

Nicolaus Copernicus:
- Showed that the movement of the stars and celestial objects can be explained without having Earth be Geocentric.

Tycho Brahe:
-  Showed that celestial objects and events could be predicted and followed a math system.

Johannes Kepler:
- Proposed Elliptical orbit, over circular orbit.

Galileo Galilei:
- Observed the phases of Venus and the moons of Jupiter.

Giordano Bruno:
- Argued for the theory of an infinite universe with other celestial objects such as stars and star systems.

Isaac Newton:
- Proved that planets are kept in their orbit by forces of gravity.

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