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Galileo Galilei

1564 – 1642

Pointed a telescope upward and broke the authority of the ancients.

Italy·Astronomy · Physics · MathematicsFull profile

Blaise Pascal

1623 – 1662

Probability theory, hydrostatics, and a mechanical calculator at nineteen.

France·Mathematics · Physics · Philosophy

Christiaan Huygens

1629 – 1695

Wave theory of light, the pendulum clock, Saturn's rings.

Netherlands·Physics · Astronomy

Isaac Newton

1643 – 1727

Showed that one law governs the apple and the Moon alike.

United Kingdom·Physics · Mathematics · AstronomyFull profile