Galileo is one of the most famous astronomers and scientists in history. His work developed much of the modern concepts by which research is conducted today. Of all his achievements, his conflict with the Catholic Church over the nature of the solar system is one of the major events of his life.

The Copernican Revolution changed the way the world viewed its place in the universe. It introduced the concept of the heliocentric model of the solar system that predicted the Earth revolved around the Sun. Previous models stated that the Earth was the center of the universe.

Gregor Mendel, Austrian monk and fan of garden peas established the Laws of Inheritance and opened the doors to modern genetics.

Edmund Halley was best known for identifying the correct period of time for the return of what would become known as Halley’s Comet. Among his other studies, he observed stars and planetary motion, identified magnetic fields and attempted to date Stonehenge. Read on for more facts.

Nicolaus Copernicus is most famously known for postulating the theory of the heliocentric model. Living and working during the late 1400s and early 1500s, much of his hypothesis was unproven for years, however, his work became the basis of the astronomical revolution during the Renaissance.

The Mayan Calendar was taken from the Pyramid of Kukulkan, which was constructed during the Mayan period.  The stairways and platforms of the pyramid were used as the calendar equaling 365 days of the year.  There are several distinct calendars used in the Mayan civilization.  One is the 260 days calendar called Tzolkin, which is [...]

3 shattered coffee cups, 3 messily dismantled ink cartridges, one worn out electric pencil sharpener, 721 pencil stubs (that is how many pencils it takes to wear out an electric pencil sharpener), and one semi-melted microwave oven. That’s it. That is the only damage that has occurred at the office in the last two weeks. [...]

Call it simple ignorance, but every year when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around, I find myself asking the same question, “Why do people drink on St. Patrick’s Day?” Is it an actual tradition genuinely associated with the holiday? Is it because the Irish just really like to drink? Or is it some widely received misinterpretation [...]

The 47th Proposition (Pythagoras) Attributed to Euclid
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