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Copernicus
1473 – 1543Moved the Earth from the centre of the universe.
Poland·Astronomy · Mathematics
Galileo Galilei
1564 – 1642Pointed a telescope upward and broke the authority of the ancients.
Italy·Astronomy · Physics · MathematicsFull profile
Johannes Kepler
1571 – 1630Three laws of planetary motion; every satellite orbit obeys them.
Germany·Astronomy · Mathematics
René Descartes
1596 – 1650Cogito ergo sum and coordinate geometry.
France·Philosophy · Mathematics
Blaise Pascal
1623 – 1662Probability theory, hydrostatics, and a mechanical calculator at nineteen.
France·Mathematics · Physics · Philosophy
Isaac Newton
1643 – 1727Showed that one law governs the apple and the Moon alike.
United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics · AstronomyFull profile
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
1646 – 1716Calculus notation we still use, and binary arithmetic.
Germany·Mathematics · Philosophy · Computing