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- Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[as...
5: He is universally referred to as "Tycho" rather than by his surname "Brahe". Apparently ...
8: ...[[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family whic...
10: ...Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old...
12: ...eu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis.
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- Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
1: ...he scientific revolution was the publication of ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' by [[Nicolaus ...
3: ...nly were there major theoretical and experimental developments, but even more importantly, the way in ...
7: ...as; some of the rancor and cross-purposes in such debates may arise from lack of recognition of these ...
9: ...tially as it is understood and practiced in the modern world; there is no concern here with "other nar...
15: ... (This and Galen's anatomy, though largely superseded by later work, are none the less important contr... - Comet (30542 bytes)
3: ...mets are composed largely of frozen [[carbon dioxide]], [[methane]] and [[water]] with [[dust]] and va...
5: ... sun consisting of debris left over from the [[condensation]] of the [[solar nebula]]; the outer edges...
11: ... sight. They were usually considered bad omens of deaths of kings or noble men, or coming catastrophes...
15: ...ics that tend to be very dark, like [[tar]] or crude [[Petroleum|oil]]. The very darkness of cometary ...
17: ...and far ultraviolet photons [http://www.kvi.nl/~bodewits]. - Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
2: ... [[Johannes Kepler]]. The work of Galileo is considered to be a significant break from that of [[Arist...
7: ...610]]. During this time he explored science and made many landmark discoveries.
10: ...ion. These are the primary justifications for his description as "father of science."
12: ...00s]]. According to Koyr鬠the law was arrived at deductively, and the experiments were merely illustr...
14: ... rolling balls) were replicated using the methods described by Galileo (Settle, 1961), and the precisi... - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: '''Johannes Kepler''' ([[December 27]], [[1571]] – [[November 15]], [[1...
4: ...nt to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei]].
9: ...is said to have been a weak and sickly child, but despite his ill health, he was precociously brillian...
11: ...acizing probably led him to turn to the world of ideas, as well as an abiding religious conviction, fo...
13: ...duced to astronomy/astrology at an early age, and developed a love for that discipline that would span... - List of Renaissance figures (6600 bytes)
3: ==Political leaders==
12: **[[Cosimo de' Medici]]
13: **[[Lorenzo de' Medici]] (a.k.a. ''Lorenzo il Magnifico'')
22: **[[Catherine de Medici]] Queen of France
23: ...f Poland]] (duchess of [[Finland]], queen of [[Sweden]]) - Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
3: ...]], [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]])) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] [[nobleman]], well known as an [[as...
5: He is universally referred to as "Tycho" rather than by his surname "Brahe". Apparently ...
8: ...[[Denmark|Danish]] King's court. [[Beate Bille]], Tycho's mother, also came from an important family whic...
10: ...Vordingborg Castle to which they moved, and where Tycho began a Latin education until he was 12 years old...
12: ...eu descriptio totius orbis and [[Regiomontanus]]' De triangulis omnimodis. - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ... the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against church doctrine.
7: ...ook the name Giordano on becoming a [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] friar at the [[Monastery]] of Saint ...
10: ... illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are the four [[classical e...
11: ...covered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Averroes]], [[Duns Scotus]...
13: ...for the same reason and abandoned the Dominican order. He travelled to [[Geneva]] and briefly joined t... - Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
3: ...ntal starting point of modern [[astronomy]] and modern science itself, (it inaugurated the [[scientifi...
7: ...cus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
8: ...raised him and his three other siblings after the death of Copernicus' father. His brother Andrew beca...
10: ... him, as his books (stolen by Swedes during [[The Deluge]], and now in [[Uppsala]]'s library) show. Af...
12: ... together with Domenico Novara, are recorded in ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium''. - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
2: [[Astronomy]] is probably the oldest of the [[natural science]]s, dating back to [[a...
8: ...ers were [[priest]]s ([[Magi]]), and that their understanding of the "[[heaven]]s" was seen as "[[divi...
10: ...alendar is based on the Roman calendar, which divided the year into twelve months of alternating thirt...
14: ...ennium BC, but their contents appear to be much older.
20: ... that took the earth to spin on its axis and considered the motions of the planets with respect to the... - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
1: ...s [[astronomer]]s and [[astrophysicist]]s''' include:
9: *[[George Ogden Abell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]] –...
19: *[[George Biddell Airy]], ([[England]], [[1801]] – [[1892]]...
26: *[[Harold Alden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1890]] – [[196...
27: *[[Hannes Alfv鮝] ([[Sweden]], [[1908]] – [[1995]]) - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
2: ...Alchemy can be regarded as the precursor of the modern science of chemistry prior to the formulation o...
4: ...|thumb|150px|left|Chemistry Clipart .Clipart provided by
8: ...] of gold and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and hav...
11: ...ormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and beliefs have limited validity, but if w...
13: ... both an inner meaning referring to the spiritual development of the practitioner as well as a materia... - Moon (37975 bytes)
2: ...ight" style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;"
44: ...ascending node|Longitude of the<br /> ascending node]]
56: | 3,476.2 km [http://www.onasch.de/astro/showobject.php?lang=en&head=f&anim=129&obj=...
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94: ! align="left" | [[Declination]] - Hipparchus (astronomer) (50785 bytes)
4: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
8: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
10: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
14: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
16: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - Hipparchus (50784 bytes)
3: ...chus. However, his synthesis of astronomy superseded Hipparchus's work: although Hipparchus wrote at ...
7: ...eographia'' ("Geography"), and from [[Pliny the Elder]]'s ''[[Pliny's Natural History|Naturalis histor...
9: ...cient history|ancient]] district [[Bithynia]], (modern-day [[İznik, Turkey|İznik]] in provin...
13: ...was calculated by [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre|Delambre]], based on clues in his work. Hipparchus ...
15: ...ts. In the 2nd and 3rd centuries [[coin]]s were made in his honour in Bithynia that bear his name and ... - History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
4: ...igation was renewed. Science developed in this golden period of [[Scholasticism|Scholastic philosophy]...
6: ...ong many others. These advances, however, were suddenly interrupted by the [[Black Plague]] and are vi...
14: ...not completely assimiliated by the Roman culture. Debilitated by migrations, barbarian invasions and t...
16: ... culture]] as the [[Dark Ages]]. Nowadays, most modern historians dismiss the use of the term by point...
18: ... Institutionally, these new schools were either under the responsibility of a [[monastery]], a [[cathe... - Copenhagen (8004 bytes)
4: ...ational [[Folketing|parliament]], [[Government of Denmark|government]], and [[List_of_Danish_monarchs|...
8: ...ice. In 1254, it received its charter as a city under Bishop Jakob Erlandsen.
11: ...ockets in [[1807]], to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to [[Napoleon]], the city suffered ...
13: ...g [[World War II]] Copenhagen was [[Occupation of Denmark|occupied by German troops]] along with the r...
17: ... main city. However, the bridge has not been as widely used as was originally hoped, likely due to the...
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