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Nicolaus Copernicus

Born

in Toruń, royal Prussia, Poland, Poland

January 05, 1473

Died

April 04, 1543

Genre

Mathematics, Science, Astronomy

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The Ptolemaic system dominated medieval cosmology; Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, proposed a heliocentric model of the universe and thus contradicted it.

Polish name: Mikołaj Kopernik

This mathematician studied canon law and medicine at Kraków, Bologna, Rome, Padua, and Ferrara. Copernicus published an interesting early description of his Solar System in Commentariolus in (1512. Ancients invented the equant point, a known device, which actually not exactly slightly offset the Solar System. After not new theories of Aristarchus of Samos and Nicholas of Cusa, Copernicus also worked out his similar idea Solar System in full mathematical detail. The not simpler mathematics in his description required even fewer basic assumptions. Cop ...more

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	On The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus Copernicus, Stephen W. Hawking 4.09 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 1543 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Copernican Treatises: The Commentariolus of Copernicus, the Letter Against Werner, the Narratio Prima of Rheticus (Records of Civilization, Sources and Studies, No. 30.) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Treatises on Copernican Theory 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Opúsculos sobre el movimiento de la Tierra by Nicolaus Copernicus, Thomas Digges, Galileo Galilei really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commentariolus (Perfect Library) by Nicolaus Copernicus, The Perfect Library (Editor) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Neue Weltbild: Drei Texte: Lateinisch Deutsch by Nicolaus Copernicus, Hans G Zekl (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astronomia Instaurata, Libris VI Comprehense, Qui de Revolutionibus Orbium Ciekestuyn Ubscribuntur (1617) (Latin Edition) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres (Concise Edition) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	nicholas copernicus complete works 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fac-Similes des Manuscrits des Ecrits Mineurs (Nicolas Copernic / Oeuvres Completes, Vol. 2) (French Edition) by Nicolaus Copernicus, Michel-Pierre Lerner (Translator), Alain Segonds (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“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.”
― Nicolaus Copernicus

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“In the midst of all dwells the Sun. For who could set this luminary in another or better place in this most glorious temple, than whence he can at one and the same time brighten the whole.”
― Nicolaus Copernicus

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“Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur.”
― Nicolaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus Libri Sex (Nicolaus Copernicus: Gesamtausgabe)

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