All of the Following Contributed Greatly to the Development of Sixteenth-Century

question 20

Multiple Choice

All of the following contributed greatly to the development of sixteenth-century astronomy EXCEPT:

• A) Tycho Brahe.
• B) Robert Boyle.
• C) Johannes Kepler.
• D) Galileo Galilei.
• E) Nicholas Copernicus.

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