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The Evolution of Science and Cosmology (Timeline)
400 BC
100 AD
1500 AD
1600 AD
Galileo invents the telescope, allowing him to make a host of other discoveries, including Saturn's "ears" (rings), Jupiter's moons and Venus' phases, the latter proving the heliocentric model.
1600 AD
Newton discovers gravity and uses mathematics to describe it and the affect it has. He also uses mathematics for his Laws of Motion, which describes the motion of everything.
1800 AD
1900 AD
The Evolution of Science and Cosmology
Lemaître proposes the Theory of the Big Bang.
Copernicus proposes Heliocentrism, in which everything orbits the Sun.
Einstein develops his theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as a distortion of "spacetime".
He also won a Nobel prize for the photoelectric effect.
Ptolemy improves Aristotle's geocentric model. He adds circles upon circles, making it possible to predict the
Aristotle proposes a geocentric model of the universe in which everything orbits the
positions of
the planets.
Earth.
Penzias and Wilson discover the CMB and prove the theory of the big bang.
Kepler improves heliocentrism by using elliptical orbits, something noone had ever done before.
Copernicus proposes a heliocentric model of the universe in which everything orbits the sun.
1500 AD
Kepler improves the heliocentric model by allowing the possibility of elliptical orbits, something no ever thought of before.
The Universe: Beyeond the Big Bang. The History Channel. 14 September, 2011
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