Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik)
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Biography Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543)
Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon
Also known as: Mikołaj Kopernik.
Was born on 19 feb 1473.
Died on 24 may 1543, at 70 years old.
Died on 24 may 1543, at 70 years old.
Origin country Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center. In all likelihood, Copernicus developed his model independently of Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.
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