Global 9 - Periods 1 and 5

Aim 163

How did scientists share ideas during the Scientific Revolution?

I.  Scientists during Scientific Revolution

A.  Copernicus 
1. said the earth was not the center of the universe (geocentric)
2. the sun is the center of the universe and planets travel slowly around  it (heliocentric)

B.  Tycho Brahe 
1. proved Copernicus was right
2. logged evidence each night 

C. Kepler 
1. planets travel around the sun in an orbit
2. orbit = planet's path around the sun; it is shaped like a football called an ellipse

D. Galileo 
1. constructed a telescope to show the movements of the sun and moon