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  1. Scientific revolution (17675 bytes)
    40: In 1543 Copernicus' work on the [[heliocentric model]] of the solar system was published, in whi...
    42: ...r system. Through their combined discoveries, the heliocentric system gained more and more support, and at the e...
  2. Ptolemy (10609 bytes)
    1: [[image:Ptolemy.jpg|thumb|240px|Claudius Ptolemaeus, given contempora...
    7: ... and Arab worlds until it was superseded by the [[heliocentric]] [[solar system]] of [[Copernicus]]. Likewise hi...
    13: [[Image:Ptolemys_system.jpg|thumb|300px|Ptolemy System Explained. Image provi...
  3. Aristarchus (4292 bytes)
    1: ...]. He is the first recorded person to propose a [[heliocentric model]] of the [[solar system]], placing the [[Su...
    7: ... he advanced an alternative [[hypothesis]] of the heliocentric model. [[Archimedes]] wrote:
    11: ...on for the lack of parallax. The rejection of the heliocentric view was apparently quite strong, as the followin...
    21: ...than the Earth, which can be taken to support the heliocentric model.
  4. Cartography (10500 bytes)
    11: ...hat the [[sun]] was the center of universe (see [[heliocentric theory]]). In approximately [[250s BCE|250 BCE]],...
    14: [[Image:Al-Idrisi's world map.JPG|thumb|[[Muhammad al-Idrisi]]'s world map from 115...
    23: [[Image:Kepler-world.jpg|thumb|left|World map by [[Johannes Kepler]].]]
  5. Science (19868 bytes)
    30: ...sense. Some universally accepted models such as [[heliocentric theory]] and [[atomic theory]] are so well-establ...
  6. Astronomy (13970 bytes)
    3: [[image:moon.crater.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lunar astronomy: the large crat...
    8: [[Image:Medieval_astronomer.jpg|thumb|Medieval German Astronomer. Image provided ...
    15: [[image:dust.devil.mars.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Planetary astronomy, or Planeta...
    62: [[image:grav.lens1.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Extragalactic astronomy: [[grav...
    75: ... the [[Renaissance]], [[Copernicus]] proposed a [[heliocentric model]] of the [[Solar System]]. His work was def...
  7. Solar system (21174 bytes)
    18: [[Image:Solar system scale.jpg|thumb|center|550px|This illustration shows the ap...
    20: [[Image:Portrait de famille (1 px = 1000 km).jpg|thumb|center|550px|The planets of the Solar Syste...
    38: [[Image:solar_system.jpg|right|thumb|Mosaic of Solar System planets except...
    59: ...rnicus|Copernican]] Revolution, which adopted a [[heliocentric]] model for the motions of the planets. Indeed, t...
  8. History of science (41710 bytes)
    19: [[Image:Aristotle.jpg|thumb|120px|right|[[Aristotle]] (sculpture)]]
    37: [[Image:Map_of_Medieval_Universities.JPG|left|140px|thumb|''Map of [[Medieval university|M...
    43: [[Image:Vitruvian.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Vitru...
    49: [[Image:Islamic MedText c1500.jpg|thumb|left|Sample of Islamic medical text]]
    59: [[Image:GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689.jpg|thumb|120px|left|[[Isaac Newton]]]]
  9. Galileo Galilei (33761 bytes)
    20: [[image:galileo.script.arp.600pix.jpg|thumb|200px|right|It was on this page that Galile...
    24: ...Sun and lent support to (but did not prove) the [[heliocentric model]].
    76: [[Image:Galileo.jpg|thumb|right|Galileo Galilei]]
    79: ...cism|Catholic]], yet his writings on Copernican [[heliocentric model|heliocentrism]] disturbed some in the [[Cat...
    93: ...r he was admonished not to "teach in any way" the heliocentric theory. When Galileo was tried in [[1633]], the I...
  10. Venus (planet) (31010 bytes)
    21: [[Image:Venus globe.jpg|thumb|left|[[Radar]] image of the surface of Venu...
    44: [[Image:Phasesofvenus.jpg|thumb|Phases of Venus]]
    46: ...crescent. This observation strongly supported the heliocentric model. Venus (and also Mercury) is not visible f...
    52: [[Image:13-11-16.jpg|thumb|left|[[Transit of Venus, 2004|Venus's 2004 ...
    92: [[Image:Venera-5 sketch.jpg|left|100px|Sketch of Venera-5]]
  11. Jupiter (24639 bytes)
    4: ...000" align="center" colspan="2" | [[image:Jupiter.jpg|250px|Click for full caption.]]<br/><small><font ...
    149: ... It was a major point in favor of [[Copernicus]]' heliocentric theory of the motions of the planets; Galileo's o...
    178: [[Image:Jupiter from Voyager 1.jpg|thumb|left|Detail of Jupiter's atmosphere, as ima...
    213: [[Image:Jupiter gany.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Voyager 1'' took this photo o...
    222: [[Image:PIA04866_modest.jpg|thumb|right|Jupiter as seen by the space probe [[...
  12. Tycho Brahe (17516 bytes)
    38: ...e, to persuade Brahe to adopt the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of the [[solar system]]. Tycho believed i...
    42: [[Image:Uraniborgskiss_90.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Watercolor plan of Uraniborg]]
    51: ...erful support for the [[Copernicus|Copernican]] [[heliocentric theory]] of the solar system.
    53: ...er [[1616]] when Rome decided officially that the heliocentric model was contrary to both philosophy and Scriptu...
  13. Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
    1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
    33: [[Image:brunostatue.jpg|thumb|left|350px|The monument in Campo de' Fiori,...
    43: ... to the terrestrial region. Bruno went beyond the heliocentric model to envision a universe which, like that of ...
    45: ... of Bruno's generation accepted even Copernicus's heliocentric model. Among those who did were the [[Germany|Ger...
  14. Nicolaus Copernicus (26283 bytes)
    1: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus]]
    3: ...d [[economist]] who developed the [[heliocentrism|heliocentric]] ([[Sun]]-centered) [[theory]] of the [[solar sy...
    7: [[Image:Copernicus_00125w.jpg||thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http:/...
    21: [[Image:Copernicus_22.jpg|thumb|250px|Copernicus Image provided by [http://...
    22: ..., handwritten text describing his ideas about the heliocentric hypothesis&mdash;available to his friends. From t...
  15. History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
    8: [[Image:Medieval_astronomer.jpg|thumb|250px|A medieval Astronomer. Image provided...
    57: [[Image:galileo.arp.300pix.jpg|thumb|left|200px Gallileo Gallilei (1564-1642) cr...
    58: ...with the work of [[Copernicus]], who proposed a [[heliocentric]] system. His work was defended, expanded upon an...
    66: ...]], the [[laws of Kepler]] are explained, and the heliocentric system gained a sound physical basis, [[celestial...
  16. Astronomer (4344 bytes)
    2: [[image:copernicus.jpg|right|frame|Nicolaus Copernicus.Image provided by...
    21: ...irst known person to propound the [[Heliocentrism|heliocentric model]] of universe
    24: |Reitererated the heliocentric model of universe.
    27: ...s used extensively until the development of the [[heliocentric]] model. [[Tusi-couple]] resolves linear motion i...
  17. History of science in the Middle Ages (30877 bytes)
    11: [[Image:Silos-Claustro.jpg|thumb|left|In the Early Middle Ages, cultural lif...
    24: [[Image:Map_of_Medieval_Universities.JPG|left|thumb|''Map of [[Medieval university|Medieva...
    30: [[Image:God-Architect.jpg|thumb|God creating the universe after [[geometric...
    37: [[Image:Grosseteste-optics.jpg|thumb|left|270px|[[Optic]] studies from [[Robert ...
    55: ...of the next relevant scientific work: Copernicus' heliocentric model. Almost 200 years lies between the two even...

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