Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian who has been considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived

Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a mathematician and astronomer who formulated a comprehensive heliocentric model which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center of the universe, contrary to the prevailing thought at his time which placed the Earth at the center.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (1749-1827), was a French mathematician and astronomer, sometimes referred to as the French Newton. His work was pivotal to the mathematical development of astronomy, physics, and statistics. He possessed a phenomenal mathematical ability, superior to that of any of his contemporaries.

Pierre-Simon Laplace

This is the chapter on 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe from Sir Robert S. Ball's Great Astronomers, second edition, which begins: "The most picturesque figure in the history of astronomy ... Tycho Brahe was alike notable for his astronomical genius and for the extraordinary vehemence of a character which was by no means perfect.

Tycho Brahe

German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) derived his mathematical laws of planetary motion from astronomical data meticulously collected by Tycho Brahe, who, as he was dying, beseeched young Kepler to use the data to discover the laws of motion of the planets.

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Johannes Kepler

1907

Robert Stawell Ball

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Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Tycho Brahe

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Johannes Kepler

1907

Robert Stawell Ball

Synopsis

Read on the Bambooks mobile app

Books by Robert Stawell Ball

Isaac Newton

Nicolaus Copernicus

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Tycho Brahe

Related titles

The Man Lives: A Dialogue With Wole Soyinka on Life, Literature and Politics

Gathering The Words

A Personal Record

Confessions of a young man

Cross Creek

Hawthrone

Roughing It

The confessions

The education of Henry Adams

The poet of rebellion, nature and love

Drawing the Map of Heaven. An African Writer in America

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1 Rating(s) / 0 review(s)

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