World

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Sir Francis Drake

• Born in 1540

• Defeated the Spanish Armada, also was first Englishman to sail around the world.

• Died in 1596

Galileo Galilei

• Born 1564, Died 1642

• Galileo pionereered the “scientific method”

• He perfected the refracting telescopes, and did much research on the planets and their moons

• Originally thought the sun and planets revolved around the earth, Before being exposed to the Heliocentric Model

Nicolaus Copernicus

• Born February 19th, 1473

• Kool name

• Most famously known for postulating the theory of the heliocentric model (sun-centered universe).

• Never professional astronomer

• Died May 24th, 1543