nicolaus copernicus

     

In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the sun himself at the center of the universe"

Trivia about nicolaus copernicus

  • In 2010, 467 years after his death, this man at odds with the church was reburied with honors at a Polish cathedral
  • Polish universities are named for poet Adam Mickiewicz & for this 16th century astronomer
  • Born Niklas Koppernigk, he was a canon of Frauenberg Cathedral from 1497 until his death in 1543
  • This 16th century Polish church administrator seen here had a fundamental impact on astronomy
  • He died on May 24, 1543, just after receiving the first copy of his book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies"
  • In 1616 books based on this Pole's heliocentric theory were censored by church edict
  • Aristarchos proposed a heliocentric theory about 1,700 years before this famous Pole
  • It's said he 1st saw a published copy of his "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" the day he died
  • In 1543 he published his treatise "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres"

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  • I noted recently that the monetary discussion in the day of Nicolaus Copernicus, in 1526, was actually much the same as our own
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