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Period: 1400 to
Scientific Revolution
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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
He came up with the heliocentric theory (sun centered solar system) -
Dec 14, 1546
Tycho Brahe
He was a supporter of the heliocentric theory -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
He invented telescope to discover four of the moons circling Jupiter, to study Saturn, to observe the phases of Venus, and to study sunspots on the Sun. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion.
