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History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy

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Pythagorusfirst to believe the world could be explanied using math and science.
Aristotlefirst to beliel all planetary bobies revolved around earth.
PtolemyTook Aristotle's model and explanied some phenomenon using mathaatical princples.
CopernicusEuropean astronomer who believed that if the sun was the center of the universse,it would explain planetary movement better.
Galileo Galileiteasted theories such as granety and Copernican theory of planetary movement.
Johannes KeplerElliptical orbits, planet's speed was not uniform, and he destroyed Aristotle's views.
Sir Isaac NewtonStole many of the ideas of Halley and Galileo and called them his own.
Edmund HalleyFirst astronomer to calculate the orbit of a comet.
Albert EinsteinPhysics theries helped to explain and debunk Newtonian physics.
Stephen HawkingDevoted much of his life to explaining and clarifying Einstein's space-time theories.
Copernican viewthe belief that the Sun is the center of the universe
Aristotle or Greek viewthe belief that the Earth is the center of the universe


Derrick A. Swistak

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