Mario pinotti copernicus biography

Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the great astronomers of the 16th century.

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He was born on 19 February in the Polish town of Torun. (His real name was Mikolaj Kopernik although he is better known by his Latin name). His father was a rich merchant and Nicolaus was one of 4 children. (He had 1 brother and 2 sisters).

In Copernicus went to the University of Cracow.

Mario pinotti copernicus biography

He left there about In he went to the University of Bologna to study law. By then Copernicus had become interested in astronomy.

Copernicus left Bologna in He then studied medicine at the University of Padua. From to he worked as a secretary and physician to his uncle who was a bishop.

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Meanwhile, he continued to study astronomy.

An ancient Greek called Aristarchus (c BC) correctly realized that the Earth orbits the Sun. Unfortunately, his ideas were rejected and people came to believe that the Earth is the center of the universe.

They believed that the Moon, the Sun, and the other planets orbit the Earth. Copernicus realiz