1.
An astronomer from
long ago who was extremely picky about making very accurate star maps and star descriptions.
He lived on an island and got paid handsomely by the King to
study astronomer. He was lucky enough to have his own team of laborers and assitants to
help him build really huge instruments
like compasses, telescopes, etc.
Unfortunately he did not believe that the
Sun was the center of the universe, because he tried to measure the stars positions and see if they moved throughout the year, but he didn't notice any movements. The thing is, the stars are extremely, mind-bogglingly far away. But he still should have figured out that the
Earth was not the center of the universe, if only because of the retrograde
motion of Jupiter and Mars, and also because of the fact that Jupiter itself has its own moons. Oh well, it was a bit
hard to go against that church dogma that said we lived in a geocentric universe. And how would these old astronomers have known just how far away the stars are?
2. Someone who is extremely anal about measurements
Tycho Brahe would have loved to use todays computers - because he could have gotten extremely accurate measurements.
Mark72329: "Wanna know how
big I am down there, sweetie?"
girlyxoxo923: "yeah hunk tell me"
Mark72329: "Well according to my most recent calculations I'm just about 5.825 inches. Isn't that
big?"
girlyxoxo923: "wtf - gosh, GAL
dude... umm and that'
s not big sorry"
