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Nicolaus Copernicus pg. 98
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Year of birth:

  • - February 19, 1473

    Place of Birth:

  • - Torun, Poland

    • Profession(s):

  • - astronomer
  • - artist
  • - astronomer
  • - economist
  • - Physician
  • - Philosopher

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  • - Known for establishing the concept of a heliocentric solar system, in which the sun, rather than the earth, is the center of the solar system.

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  • - Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-era mathematician and astronomer, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the universe, in all likelihood independently of Aristarchus of Samos, who had formulated such a model some eighteen centuries earlier.

    • Qoutes:

  • "To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
  • "Mathematics is written for mathematicians."
  • "For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study."

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  • 1. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nicolaus-Copernicus
  • 2. https://www.biography.com/scientist/nicolaus-copernicus
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