Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus (in Laitin; German: Niklas Koppernigk, Pols Mikołaj Kopernik); 19 Februar, 1473 – 24 Mey, 1543) wis a Pols astronomer, mathematician an economist that cam up wi the heliocentric (Sun-centred) theory o the solar seestem in a form detailt eneuch tae mak it scienteefically uisefu.

Copernicus wis born in 1473 in the ceety o Thorn (Toruń) in Ryal Proushie. There's a story that the first pres wis pitten intil Copernicus's haunds the same day he dee'd, sae that he coud say guidbye tae his opus vitae. They say that he waukent frae a coma, keekit at his beuk, an dee'd.

 Reference 
 D.C. Goodman, C.A. Russell, eds. The Rise of Scientific Europe 1500-1800. Bath, UK: Hodder & Stoughton

 Fremmit airtins 

 Nicolaus Copernicus Museum in Frombork 
 Portraits of Copernicus: Portrait ; Nicolaus Copernicus 
 Copernicus an Astrology  - A reliable wabsteid frae Cambridge Varsity describin Copernicus' astrological wark.
 The Copernican Universe frae the De Revolutionibus 
 De Revolutionibus, 1543 first edition  - Hale deegital facsimile, Lehigh Varsity.
 De Revolutionibus, autograph manuscript  - Hlae deegital facsimile, Jagiellonian Varsity.
 The front page o the De Revolutionibus 
 The text  o the De Revolutionibus
 A java applet aboot Retrograde Motion 
 Copernicus in Bologna - in Italian
 "Chasing Copernicus: The Book Nobody Read". - Was One of the Greatest Scientific Works Really Ignored?. All Things Considered, NPR. March 4, 2004.
 Copernicus Foondation Chicago 
 Nicolaus Copernicus Varsity in Toruń
 Stanford Encyclopaedia o Philosophy entry

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