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- Pre-Ptolemy
- 190-120 BC
- Mathematician
- Measured the distance in between the Earth and the moon using basic trigonometry
- Invited the Astrolabe

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- 384-322 BC
- Philosopher and polymath (Polymath: Wide range of knowledge)
- He used the curved shadow of Earth on the moon during the eclipse to assume that the Earth was round
- His belief was abandoned in the Middle Ages

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- 276-194 BC
- Mathematician
-First successful attempt to establish the size of the earth
- Calculated the circumference of Earth using the Post of Alexandria and the Well as Syene

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- 100-170 AD
- Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, geographer, and astrologer
- Believed in the Geocentric model
- Was proven incorrect by Galileo

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- 312-230 BC
- Mathematician and astronomer
- Attempted to calculate the distance between the Earth, moon, and Sun
- First Greek to believe in a sun-centered universe
- Though evidence supported it for 1500 years the Geocentric model dominated Western thought

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- Polish mathematician and astronomer
- Copernicus concluded that Earth is a planet
- He proposed a model of the solar system with the sun at the center

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- 1546-1601
- Danish nobleman, astronomer, and writer
- Lost his nose in a sword fight and wore a "prosthetic" made of copper
- Invented devices that measured the locations of celestial bodies
- More precise observations than anyone else previously
-This especially goes for the position of Mars

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- 1571-1630
- German astronomer
- Played a key part in the 18th century revolution
- Created what we know as "law of planetary motion"

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- 1564-1642
- Italian polymath
- Know as the father of observational astronomy, modern physics, scientific method
- Most important contributions were he descriptions of the behavior of moving objects

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- An apple didn't fall on his head.
- 1643-1727
- English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author.
- Recorded by William Stuckely and archived by the Royal Society:
- "Why much apples always descend perpendicularly to the ground?"

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- 1452-1519
- Italian polymath
- Made the determination that the phases of the moon came from the phases of the moon come from the light from the sun reflecting on the earth's surface.
- Published in the Codex Leicester in 1510
- One of the most famous polymaths in history

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- In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
- He wouldn't have been able to if it wasn't for Katherine Johnson and her precise mathematical calculation of the orbital trajectory for the Apollo 11 mission.
- 1918-2020
- Born in West Virginia
- Graduated form West Virginia State College

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- 1921-2005
- Hampton, VA
- Hampton Institute on Mathematics and Physical Science.
- Engineer
- Staunch advocate for the rights of women and minority groups in the STEM fields.
- Extracted data from wind tunnel ad flight test.

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- Born in 1942 in Monroe, NC
- The George Washington University.
- Aeronautical Engineer.
- Wrote the computer program for a sonic boom that led to sonic boom minimization studies for 25 years.

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- Key figure in the desegregation of STEM fields.
- 1910-2008
- Kansas City, MO
- Math teacher in Farmville, VA during WWII.
- First African American supervisor hired by NASA, monitoring the "West Area Computing" unit.