TYCHO BRAHE- 1546 - 1601 Danish astronomer, astrologer, alchemist

WEB SITES:

Tycho Brahe - from MAC Tutor History of Mathematics

Galileo Project - Tyco Brae

The Noble Dane: Images of Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe.com

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube:Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion



COPERNICUS 1473-1543 Polish Astronomer first to have a scientific heliocentric cosmology

WEB SITES:

The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography

Nicholas Copernicus - biography

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube: History Channel Australia and New Zealand The Universe: 1/14 Beyond the Big Bang: 1/7 Copernicus



GALILEO GALILEI 1564-1642- Italian physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher

The Galileo Project

NOVA: Galileo

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube: Galileo and the Milky Way Part 1 or 2

Part 2 of 2

YouTube: Galileo, the Renaissance Man

YouTube: The Life of Galileo Galilei (funny:')

Galileo Epic Movie (also pretty funny)

YouTube:Galileo, Dr. Who Video



Gutenberg, Johannes 1398 – 1468 German printer INVENTOR OF THE PRINTING PRESS

WEB SITES:

Gutenberg & the Printing Press

Printing and Thinking

The Printing Press

The Gutenberg Museum

The Digital Gutenberg Project



EDMOND HALEY 1656 - 1743 English astronomer and meteorologist

WEB SITES:
Edmond Haley page of The Galileo Project

Edmond Halley MAC Tutor History of Mathematics biography

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube:Bill Nye - Greatest Discoveries - Astronomy



Prince Henry the Navigator 1394-1460 Portugese cartographer, ship buildler

WEB SITES:

Prince Henry the Navigator - ThinkQuest

Henry the Navigator



JOHANNES KEPLER (1571 - 1630) German mathematician, astronomer, laws of planetary motion

WEB SITES:
Johannes Kepler MAC Tutor HIstory of Mathematics biography

Johannes Kepler Page on the Galileo Project

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube:Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler and Planetary Motion



LEONARDO DA VINCI

WEB SITES:

Leonardo, the Man and His Machines

PBS Online: Leonardo da Vinci



ISAAC NEWTON (1643 - 1727)- English physicist and mathematician

WEB SITES:
Sir Isaac Newton MAC Tutor History of Mathematics biography

Isaac Newton Page Galileo Project

Luminarium - Sir Isaac Newton

Newton's Three Laws of Motion

Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation

Newton and the Unification of Physics and Astronomy

Trivia: Newton and the cat flap

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube: Isaac Newton Physics Project



PARCELSUS [Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim] 1493 - 1541 - Swiss alchemist, physician, occultist, "father of toxicology" and first credited mention on the unconscious

VIDEO FOOTAGE: none found



ANDREAS VESALIUS 1514-1564 - BELGIAN PHYSICIAN founder of modern human anatomy, dug up the dead

WEB SITES:
On the Fabric of the Human Body ebook from Google Books

VIDEO FOOTAGE:

YouTube: Who Was Andreas Vesalius?

YouTube: Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)



JOHN NAPIER- 1550 - 1617 Scottish mathematician, logarithms, popularized the decimal point, accused of being a sorcerer

WEB SITES:

John Napier - MAC Tutor History of Mathematics Biography

Official Site of John Napier

John Napier

Significant Scots: John Napier

John Napier from Undiscovered Scotland

VIDEO FOOTAGE

YouTube: John Napier ( 5 star high school production)



ADAM RIES [varient spellings Riz, Riesz, Ris, or Riese]- bridge between medieval and modern mathematics, popularized using arabic numerals instead of Roman for math, wrote for common germans so they could understand basic math

WEB SITES: none found

Adam Ries from MacTutor

Adam Ries on The Galileo Project

VIDEO FOOTAGE: none found



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