Astronomy

calculation of pi which is used to design impressive sea vessels, industrial tanks and modern medical devices respectively. Additionally, the modern world received from the ancient Greeks the Pythagoras theorem which has been beneficial to fields like astronomy and mathematics. Other contributions from the Greeks includes geometry that finds applications in areas such as architecture as well as computer imaging and the calculation of the earths circumference and its…

by Julianne Dalcanton in her 2009 article 18 Years of Science with the Hubble Space Telescope, our hazy atmosphere even limits our ground-based instruments as well. (Dalcanton) Both the incapability of our eyes and our local telescopes hindered astronomy for millenniums, but such things were surmounted through the advent of space telescopes, whose pioneer is the long-lived, Hubble. Named after the astronomer, Edwin P. Hubble, the Hubble Space Telescope is humanity’s greatest eye to deep space…

projection in relation to painting. He questioned the inherent intricacies of light and optics. He married the complexities of reflection with the complexities of visual perception. His observations of optics and astronomy complicated his understanding of light. Leonardo had shown that astronomy and optics are connected. Da Vinci’s influence and studies covered across different streams of the renaissance era, from art, into science, into architecture, to other studies. An evolutionary man of his…

Leavitt was a female scientist who discovered astronomy early in her life, and was never able to think of anything else (PBS). Henrietta became head of the photographic department that studied photo images of stars to determine their magnitude (PBS). Henrietta left her legacy on the world by discovering more than 2,400 variable stars, about half of the known total in her day (PBS). Ellie and Henrietta dedicated their lives to science and specifically, astronomy. They both had an extreme…

Isaac Newton, and Galileo Galilei. Leeuwenhoek made a glass lens that magnified over 200 times. This is what led to an improvement of the microscope which in return led to the discoveries of blood cells, bacteria, and sperm. Kepler had an impact on astronomy by recording the movement of the planets. His discovery led to the theory that the planets orbited…

What do you want to be when you grow up, Lala?" a question so frequently asked that I have now become numb to it. From the moment we come into being we are expected to know what college we are going to attend, what we are going to majoring in, and what job we will have once we get older. Coming from a father who migrated to the United States from Mexico when he was only sixteen, he has made sure that I am fully aware of how valuable my education is. He expects me to get a job that comes with…

Copernicus was cared for by his paternal uncle and attended multiple universities before, he died in 1543. Copernicus brought up the idea of a heliocentric solar system, and wrote a book that is still considered the best book ever written on astronomy. He has prompted the work of many scientists after him and we still believe in a heliocentric universe. The life of Copernicus began sad but soon turned into something wonderful before his death in 1543. Copernicus was born February 19, 1473 in…

be very supportive and encouraging to Jemison. Throughout her early school years, Jemison grew very interested in science, especially astronomy. She spent hours in the library at her school reading about topics such as extinct animals, evolution, and astronomy. Her childhood of watching Star Trek and the televised lunar landing also fed her love of space and astronomy. She dreamed of being an astronaut.…

The Mongols were people from Central Asia who came together to establish an empire which lasted from 1206 CE to 1368 CE. They were herdsmen and tradesmen who herded sheep and goats, and were nomadic people. Even though at first the Mongol community was small, they were able to expand by conquering China, Persia, and Russia. The Mongols were culturally destructive and constructive to a moderate extent in Persia during the 13th century because they positively influenced academics while they…

conclusion, the Scientific Revolution was vital to the things that we have today, and Johannes Kepler was among the great minds in that time. His advances in astronomy and mathematics were quite vital to things as important as bifocals and as obscure as an explanation for depth perception. His laws of planetary motion helped set the groundwork for astronomy. He may have grown up poor, but that single scholarship ended up give a great mind the ability to share his observations with the…