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Copernicus
Brahe
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
100
This book would not be published by Copernicus due to him fearing humiliation by his peers, but would eventually be published before his death.
What is On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres?
100
This system would be rejected by Brahe after his findings.
What is the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic system?
100
This person was Kepler's mentor.
Who is Brahe?
100
This device allowed Galileo to make observations of space.
What is a telescope?
100
This was the first place where Newton would be seen as a great thinker.
What is Cambridge University?
200
Copernicus applied this person's theories to his ideas on astronomy, despite the contradictions of his information.
Who is Aristotle?
200
This person would become Brahe's assistant under Emperor Rudolf II.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
200
This was Kepler's intended career path.
What is a Lutheran Minister?
200
This book would contain Galileo's information and was published in 1610.
What is The Starry Messenger?
200
This form of math was created by Newton.
What is calculus?
300
This person would reject Copernicus' ideas as they went against his religion and beliefs.
Who is Martin Luther?
300
This was the country that Brahe was from.
What is the Netherlands?
300
This place is where Kepler would become a teacher after abandoning his original studies of theology.
What is Graz, Austria?
300
This group of people rejected Copernicus' ideas and Galileo's discoveries.
What is the Catholic Church?
300
This book would be Newton's most famous work.
What is Principia?
400
Copernicus' work would lead many to believe this idea even though it contradicted Aristotle.
What is a sun centered system?
400
This would be built by Brahe on an island near Copenhagen.
What is the Uraniborg Castle?
400
This was the number of laws that Kepler created about astronomy.
What is three?
400
This is Galileo's most famous work and was published in 1632.
What is Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican?
400
This was a universal law created by Newton.
What is gravity?
500
This person's work would finally lead the catholic church to follow Copernicus' ideas.
Who is Galileo?
500
Brahe didn't believe this idea created by Copernicus.
What is the movement of the Earth?
500
This was Kepler's first university where he would gain an interest for astronomy.
What is the university at Tübingen?
500
This was another subject that Galileo would contribute to.
What is motion/physics?
500
Newton would use these three people's ideas and connect them to make laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Galileo, Kepler, and Copernicus?