The Renaissance was a time for reform. Renaissance, French for rebirth, describes the intellectual and economic changes that occurred in Europe from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries. During this time, Europe emerged from the economic decline of the Middle Ages and experienced a ti...

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist and astronomer, who made significant discoveries in astronomy, invented the telescope, one of the most substantial inventions in science and astronomy, and laid the foundation for modern physics. One of his greatest struggles was with the Roman Catholic Churc...

Tycho Brahe Tyge (In Latin as Tycho) Brahe was born on December 14, 1546 in Skane, then in Denmark, now in Sweden. He was the first son of Otto Brahe and Beatte Bille, "both from families in the high nobility of Denmark" (Internet source). He was brought up by his uncle Brahe and becam...