Knowledge: astronomers

Copernicus, Nicolaus ∞ Eratosthenes Galilei, Galileo ∞

Newton, Isaac ∞

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Links

Kepler, Johannes 
http://sirius.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xkepler.html

German astronomer Johannes Kepler was a supporter of the Copernican model of the universe. Find out more about his life and work.

Halley, Edmond 
http://sirius.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xhalley.html

Sir Edmond Halley did more than calculate the return of the comet named after him. Learn more about his work with the motion of stars, and his study of Mercury and Venus.

Herschel, Caroline 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/herschel.html

A short biography of the first woman to discover a comet.

Hubble, Edwin 
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/cosmostar/html/cstars_hubble.html

A biography of a man who expanded our view of the universe.

Adams, John Couch 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/adams.html

The first to mathematically predict an unknown planet, his calculations were ignored and someone else discovered Neptune.

Bell Burnel, Jocelyn 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/bell.html

The radio astronomer who discovered what turned out to be neutron stars, also called pulsars.

Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/chandra.html

The man whose name means "shining" in Sanskrit figured out exactly what makes stars shine.

Le Verrier, Urbain 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/leverrier.html

The French astronomer whose mathematical predictions led to the discovery of Neptune.

Tombaugh, Clyde 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tombaugh.html

The discoverer of Pluto started out as an amateur who built his own telescopes.

StarChild: Dr. Carl Sagan 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/sagan.html

Tells about the science who sought to make the universe clearer to the ordinary person.

Famous Astronomers 
http://library.thinkquest.org/23830/astronomers.htm

Features profiles of various astronomers of fame, from Galileo to Ptolemy.

StarChild: Dr. Stephen Hawking 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/hawking.html

Tells about the physicist known for his study of black holes.

Brahe, Tycho 
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/brahe.html

Danish astronomer who did the most accurate measurements of the sky ever made without a telescope.

Brahe, Tycho 
http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/tychobrahebio.htm

Discover more about this Danish father of modern Astronomy who made precise, comprehensive astronomical measurements. His data was superior to all other measurements made until the invention of the telescope.

Kepler, Johannes 
http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/keplerbio.htm

The son of a mercenary soldier and an innkeeper's daughter who later became a brilliant and prolific mathematician and astronomer, and creator of the Three Laws of Planetary Motion.

Ptolemy 
http://space.about.com/cs/astronomerbios/a/ptolemybio.htm

An astronomer, mathematician and geographer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. We know very little more of his life. He classified the Greek geocentric view of the universe, and calculated the apparent motions of the planets.

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