Discoverers of the Universe

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Ancient Astronomers Space attracted the interest of human beings from time immemorial

Ancient Astronomers

Space attracted the interest of human beings from time immemorial

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Babylon Many astronomic breakthroughs were made more than three thousand years

Babylon

Many astronomic breakthroughs were made more than three thousand years ago

in Ancient Mesopotamia. For example, Babylonians (Mesopotamia citizens) invented a prototype of modern calendar consisting of 12 months, distinguished primary constellations and so on.
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Ancient Greece Ancient Greek astronomers designed and constructed an analog computer

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greek astronomers designed and constructed an analog computer to

predict astronomical positions of many visible to the naked eye heavenly bodies. It is so called “Antikythera mechanism” and it strikes the imagination even of modern scientists.
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Renaissance In the Renaissance period Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei contributed

Renaissance

In the Renaissance period Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei contributed a

lot to the development of astronomy. The first scientist formulated a model of the universe, where he placed the Sun at the centre. The second one invented a telescope and discovered the four largest satellites of Jupiter.
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Contemporary History But only in contemporary history the mankind got an

Contemporary History

But only in contemporary history the mankind got an opportunity

not only to watch the space from the Earth but also to journey into outer space. This was made possible by the invention of jet engine.