The Birth of Science This book reveals the multi generational process involved in the discovery of modern physics and examines the personal lives of six of the intellectual giants involved. It explores the profound revolution in the way of thinking and in particular the successful refutation of the school of thought inherited from the Greeks which focused on the perfection and immutability of the celestial world. In addition the emergence of the scientific method and the adoption of mathematics as the central tool in scientific endeavors are discussed. Lastly the book turns to Kepler’s crucial 3rd law and shows how it was derived from a mere six data points corresponding to the six planets known at the time. Written in a straightforward and accessible style the book will inform and fascinate all aficionados of science history philosophy and in particular astronomy. Chapter 1 The Scholars Who Sequentially Ignited the Scientific Revolution Chapter 2 Was it an Apple Moon or Planets for Newton Chapter 3 Galileo’s Other Revolution Chapter 4 Nicolaus Copernicus and the Heliocentric Model Chapter 5 Tycho Brahe The Meticulous Celestial Recorder Chapter 6 Johannes Kepler The First Data Analyst Chapter 7 Kepler’s Attempts to Fit Orbits Geometrically Chapter 8 Kepler’s 1st Law Discovery of Elliptical Orbits Chapter 9 Kepler’s 2nd Law Differentiated Orbital Speeds Chapter 10 Kepler’s 3nd Law Harmony of the Planets Chapter 11 Implication of the Third Law to Orbital Speed Chapter 12 The Third Law is Independent of Planets’ Mass Chapter 13 Galileo Galilei – The Father of Science Chapter 14 Galileo’s Discoveries about Falling Bodies Chapter 15 Rate of Fall is Independent of Body’s Mass Chapter 16 Galileo’s Analysis of Projectile Motion. Chapter 17 Galileo’s Hint at the Concept of the Vector Chapter 18 Galileo’s Puzzling Hint at Celestial Application Chapter 19 Galileo’s Discoveries about Pendulum Motion Chapter 20 Galileo’s Astronomical Discoveries Chapter 21 Galileo’s Trial and Imprisonment Chapter 22 Galileo’s Writings on Relativity and Infinities Chapter 23 Galileo’s Work on Sound and Speed of Light Chapter 24 Rene Descartes The Rationalist Mathematician Chapter 25 Isaac Newton and the Birth of Modern Physics Chapter 26 The Publication of Principia Chapter 27 The Bitter Dispute with Leibniz over Calculus Priority Chapter 28 The Scientific Split Between England and Continental Europe Chapter 29 Newton’s Later Years and Royal Mint Work. Chapter 30 Newton’s Semi Heretical Christian Beliefs Chapter 31 Newton’s Three Laws of Motion Chapter 32 Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation Chapter 33 Deriving Kepler’s 3rd Law from Newton’s Laws Chapter 34 The Rationale behind the Gravitational Formula Chapter 35 The Observer the Organizer and the Theorist Chapter 36 The European Nationalities of the Six Scholars Chapter 37 The Supposed Vocations of the Six Scholars. Chapter 38 A Tale of Two Laws Bode’s Law & Kepler Law.