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DESCRIPTION |
| Aristotle |
Wrote a book about ancient Greek beliefs about the universe. |
| Tycho Brahe |
He discovered a discovery of a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia in 1572. |
| Nicholas Copernicus |
He developed the heliocentric theory of the universe. |
| Albert Einstein |
The most well known scientist of the 20th century who developed the Theory of Relativity. |
| Jean Bernard Leon Focault |
Focault was the first person to take a picture of the Sun. |
| Sir Edmund Halley |
Discovered the first comet which was subsequently named after him. |
| Hipparchus |
Greek astronomer who cataloged over 1,000 stars and invented trigonometry. |
| Edwin Hubble |
He did research that revealed just how large the universe was and found evidence of its expansion. |
| Christiaan Huygens |
Huygens discovered Saturn's rings and how long the Martian day was. |
| Johannes Kepler |
Developed three laws of planetary motion. |
| Sir Isaac Newton |
Discovered the law of gravity and improved telescopes. |
| Claudius Ptolemy |
Wrote a book on the motion of the planets and the stars entitled "The Almagest." |
| Thales |
One of the Seven Wise Men of ancient Greece |
