Nicolaus Copernicus
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His Life:
Throughout history people have always looked up at the sky and wondered
about the universe. Some just wonder while others attempt to solve this mystery.
One of the people who had endeavored to solve it was Nicolaus Copernicus.
Copernicus was born in the present day town of Torun, Poland ....
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.... law from the
University of Ferrara.
Copernicus lived with his uncle in his bishopric palace. While he stayed
there he published his first book which was a translation of letters written by
the 7th century writer, Theophylactus of Simocatta. After that he wrote an
astronomical discourse that laid the foundation of his heliocentric theory; the
theory that the sun is the center of our solar system. However, it was 400 years
before it was published.
After leaving his uncle, he wrote a treatise ....
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