https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim Made For Mrs. Robins Class en-us 2022-09-06 13:25:16 UTC 2022-09-07 19:22:28 UTC hello@padlet.com lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284653497 - Pre-Ptolemy
- 190-120 BC
- Mathematician
- Measured the distance in between the Earth and the moon using basic trigonometry
- Invited the Astrolabe

]]> 2022-09-06 13:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284653497 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284661515 - 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]]> 2022-09-06 13:40:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284661515 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284667610 - 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]]> 2022-09-06 13:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284667610 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284675987 - 100-170 AD
- Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, geographer, and astrologer
- Believed in the Geocentric model
- Was proven incorrect by Galileo]]> 2022-09-06 13:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284675987 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284688981 - 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

]]> 2022-09-06 13:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284688981 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284692555 - 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]]> 2022-09-06 13:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284692555 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284731171 - 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

]]> 2022-09-06 14:15:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284731171 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284734293 - 1571-1630
- German astronomer
- Played a key part in the 18th century revolution
- Created what we know as "law of planetary motion"]]> 2022-09-06 14:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284734293 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284750804 - 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]]> 2022-09-06 14:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2284750804 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2286335866 - 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?"]]> 2022-09-07 12:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2286335866 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287027658 - 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]]> 2022-09-07 19:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287027658 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287031569 - 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]]> 2022-09-07 19:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287031569 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287033946 - 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.]]> 2022-09-07 19:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287033946 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287036106 - 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.]]> 2022-09-07 19:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287036106 lec0922 https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287038705 - 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.]]> 2022-09-07 19:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lec0922/mbqcmpby5pm1lim/wish/2287038705