Christiaan Huygens is an influential person because he invented the clock, and he is a successful mathematician and astronomer who found Titan. Huygens came from a wealthy family and was born in the Hague in 1629 (source 1). Christiaan Huyghens or Christian Huygens one of the most brilliant minds in the history of science did a lot of things to make the world a better place (source 2). In 1658 astronomic caught his eye and he found the pendulum scale and found the accurate time scale then put it on a clock (source 2). While he was an astronomer he looked at Saturn with his telescope hoping to study the rings he found a big moon called Titan (source 3). In 1659 he discovered the true shape of Saturn's rings (source 3). He went to London to find an alternate Wave …show more content…
It was invented in 1658 by the one and only Christiaan Huygens(source 3). While he was an astronomer he looked at Saturn with his telescope hoping to study …show more content…
Apparently, it was Saturn's biggest moon (source 3). Christiaan Huygens entered the University of Leiden learning about mathematics and law. After that, he left and learning about exotic and body (source 1). The inventor of the clock was Christiaan Huygens along with the wave theory of light. He was also was a physicist and a mathematician and a drawer (source 2). In college, he studied mathematics and law and two years later he studied the extension of the body. (source 1). Christiaan Huygens and his brother developed a theory on how to polish and grind lenses as an astronomer. He later found Saturn's moon, Titan (source 2). Although Huygens died more than 300 years ago, NASA made a probe that went to Titan and landed, its name is Huygens. It landed on the 14th of January 2005 (source
...ostly remembered for his eccentric lifestyle. His prosthetic nose made of precious metals is a familiar tale. The story of his pet moose lives on, even though the moose did not. His ignominious death is almost common knowledge. Even as far as his astronomical work is concerned, outside of the scientific community, he is perhaps best-known for his geoheliocentric universe, which was later so strongly disproven by his own assistant.
...Optica and Dioptrice, laying the groundwork for all future optical discoveries to come. After him came Newton, who questioned the commonly held belief about light and discovered a fundamental property of how light worked and what prisms did. Fraunhofer had spent his whole life working with the same optical principles as Kepler. He performed the same experiment as Newton, but he explored further, and opened up whole new worlds of discovery. Today, we still use spectroscopy and Fraunhofer lines to determine what far off planets and stars are made of, and if it would be possible for life to exist on them. Thanks to the discovery of Fraunhofer lines, Niels Bohr was able to come up with his model of the atom, expanding our knowledge of how the universe works. All of these scientific discoveries were built on top of one another, and who knows what we will discover next?
All throughout American history there has many intelligent individuals that have played significant role in our society. I believe Thomas Edison has been one of the most influential people. He was an American inventor who is considered one of America’s leading businessman. People today credit him for helping to build America’s economy during the nation’s vulnerable early years. Thomas had a very good childhood and was a very hard worker as a teenager. He invented the universal stock printer and he perfected the lightbulb.
In addition to creating America's first clock, Banneker had an interest in astronomy. When Banneker's friend Andrew Ellicott died, he left him books on astronomy, scientific instruments, and a telescope. Banneker began to study astronomy and made mathematical calculations of the stars and constellations. He used these calculations to correctly predict a solar eclipse that took place on April 14, 1789.
Thousands of years ago, ancient people looked up at the night sky and spotted unfamiliar objects in the sky, known as stars. Some people saw the stars as a tool to navigate at night and to keep up with the seasons. Others were completely clueless about what the stars were and why there were up in the sky. This eventually led to curiosity and the beginning of astronomy. The very first astronomers grouped stars into constellations, which basically is connecting the stars to make an imaginary outline of people, object, or animals. This allowed the astronomers to keep track of the movement of the planets and the sun, which allowed them to create the very first accurate calendar to know when it was the right time to harvest and plant.
Nicolas Copernicus died never knowing what a revolution he made in the scientific world. Mathematicians and scientist like Ptolemy, Newton, and Brahe supported his heliocentric theory. He was born in Poland on February 19th, 1473 the baby of four children. His father was Nicholas Copernicus Sr. died in 1483 when Copernicus was at the young age of ten. He and his sibling went to live with his Uncle Lucas Waltzenrode the bishop of Warmia in Germany. His family’s exceptional wealth allowed him to attend some of the finest schools in Europe. After attending Cracow for mathematics he went to Italy to study canon law. Under the influence of his uncle he become a canon, which is just below a bishop. In Italy he made his first astronomical observation one night with a friend who was a professor of astronomy. Copernicus explored many occupations: a canon, mathematician, and the one he is most known for astronomer.
...st important scientists in history. It is said that they both shaped the sciences and mathematics that we use and study today. Euclid’s postulates and Archimedes’ calculus are both important fundamentals and tools in mathematics, while discoveries, such Archimedes’ method of using water to measure the volume of an irregularly shaped object, helped shaped all of today’s physics and scientific principles. It is for these reasons that they are remembered for their contributions to the world of mathematics and sciences today, and will continue to be remembered for years to come.
Copernicus was a Polish astronomer born in 1473, in Thorn, Poland and died in 1543. He entered the University of Krakow in 1491 and studied there for four years. In 1496 he joined the University of Bologna in Italy to study church law and studied astronomy on his own time. He was asked to make a new calendar using the geocentric theory, the theory that the sun and moon orbit the earth. He found several flaws with this system and was bothered by it and went on to discover that the planets actually orbit the sun. Galileo supported Copernicus’ theory when he made discoveries with the telescope. We consider Copernicus to be the founder of modern Astronomy.
Galileo Galilei had many people that were very influential to him. Copernicus influenced Galileo very much . Copernicus created the sun-center, theory. The Catholic Church did not support this theory, yet Galileo strongly believed that it was true, and attempted to prove it, using ...
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy in February of 1564. As a teenager his moved to a monastery school, and then continued on at the University of Pisa where he studied medicine. He always had such a love for math and philosophy that he taught the two subjects at Pisa and then Padua. Galileo also studied motion, which he used for the majority of the rest of his career. His contributions ranged from the science of motion, astronomy, strength of materials, and of course the scientific method. His creation of inertia and the law of the falling bodies started the changes to the study of motion. The telescope opened up so many doors for Galileo and with that piece of equipment his discoveries were limitless. In 1609 his astronomical discoveries and observations started. Galileo is most known for his discoveries that he turned into a book, The Starry Messenger. In this book he covers his discoveries of the landscape on the moon, the light coming from the Milky Way, Jupiter and its moons, Sunspots and the phases of Venus.
Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571 to Heinrich and Katharina in Württemberg, Germany. Heinrich was the owner of the local tavern, and utilized young Johannes as a pot-boy. In the days of his youth, Kepler was often quite ill for one reason or another, leading him to be quite frail and somewhat saddened. After witnessing the Great Comet of 1577, at age 6, Kepler acquired a fondness for astronomy; seeing the lunar eclipse in 1580 also contributed to this great interest. In addition to his strong interest in all things astronomical, young Johannes was rather good at math. Heinrich and Katharina sent Johannes to monastic school where he went to seminaries in both Adelburg and Maulbronn (SciencLives). From these seminaries, Kepler transitioned to Tubinger Stift at the University of Tubingen (Germany). In university, Kepler mastered both the Ptolemaic and Copernicus Systems of planetary motion. During his time at university, young Johannes studied theology, mathematics, and philosophy. At age 22, Kepler graduated second on the list at the school and was appointed professor, then moved to Gratz, Austria, to instruct mathematics and astronomy (ScienceLives).
Hypatia was born in the year 370 AD in Alexandria, Egypt. She was the daughter of Theon, a famous mathematician and astronomer. He invented many things, but his most famous invention is the astrolabe, which measures the altitude of a star or planet. Hypatia studied with her father for many years at the Museum in Alexandria, but soon became unsatisfied with his instruction because she was smarter than him. She left Egypt, and traveled to Greece and Rome to do "post-graduate" work. Her brains and beauty gave her a wonderful reputation throughout the capitols near the Mediterranean.
Thomas (Alva) Edison was one of America’s most important and famous inventors. Edison was born into a time and place where there wasn’t much technological advancements. His inventions helped a lot of things quickly change in the world. His inventions contributed to many inventions today such as the night light, movies, telephones, and records and CDs.
In 1609 the telescope was invented and Galileo began making his own lenses for better telescopes and then started looking at the sky. In December and January (1609-1610) it is said that he made more discoveries that changed the world that anyone has made before or since. He wrote a book called the “Starry Messenger”, and said that there were mountains on the moon, the Milky Way was made up of many stars, and there were small bodies in orbit around Jupiter. He used his mathematical skills to calculate the motions of these bodies around Jupiter. In 1610 he started looking at Saturn and discovered the rings, and the phases of Saturn (just like our moon’s phases).
One site said it was Galileo in 1619 while others quote it was a “French scientist named Pierre Gassendi in 1621,”. Still it was the lifework of the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, whose theories about the Northern Lights, electromagnetism, comets, and the sun that were accepted by the scientific community after his death in 1917 (Bookshelf). He was the first to offer the correct explanation about the Northern Lights. Birkeland studied, measured, and recorded the phenomenon is many locations and in the most different terrains, like Norway’s icy mountains and Africa’s deserts (Maxwell). It was in the Arctic where he aided Samuel Eyde in establishing magnetic observations that he determined that that Aurora Borealis was linked to the solar magnetic activity