Scientist Flashcards

(19 cards)

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Proposed Geocentric model

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Eudoxus

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2
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Showed earth centered universe

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Ptolemy

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3
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Heliocentric theory

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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4
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Law of planetary Motion

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Johannes Kepler

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5
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First observatory and card catalog

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Tycho Brahe

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6
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Law of universal gravitation

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Sir Isaac Newton

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7
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Used telescope to observe sky

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Galileo Galilei

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8
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Theory of relativity

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Albert Einstein

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9
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Suggested that celestial objects were formed from nebula

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Immanuel Kant

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10
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Strengthened the nebular hypothesis

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Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace

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11
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Small solid body revolves around the gaseous molecule called Planetesimal theory

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Forest Ray Moulton & T.C. Chamberlin

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12
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Sun as surviving star

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R.A Lyttleton

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13
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Thory of dust-cloud

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Fred. L.Whipple

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14
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Demonstrated galaxie using 100-inch reflecting telescope

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Edwin Hubble

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15
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Discovered the first quasar

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Maarten Schmidt

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16
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Theory of Dust-cloud

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Fred L. Whipple

17
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Demonstrated existence of galaxie using his 100 inch reflecting telescope

19
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Discovered Pulsars