Nicolaus Copernicus

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Ptolemy's wrong this Pole did say / Earth has some movement / Founded modern astronomy with some autonomy / & Kepler made an improvement Copernicus $600 J LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY 2023-05-09 #8867
c. 1491-94: Student of astronomy & astrology, U. of Krakow; c. 1515: invited to Fifth Lateran Council to aid calendar reform Copernicus $200 J ON THE SCIENTIST'S RÉSUMÉ 2023-01-10 #8782
I look at the world & I notice it's turning--thanks to this man who studied at the University of Krakow in the 1490s Nicolaus Copernicus DD $2,000 J SCIENTISTS 2021-06-01 #8412
In the 1500s, hestarted a revolution in thinking with his book "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies" Copernicus $400 DJ PICTURE THE SCIENTIST 2017-07-19 #7578
The surname of this 16th century Polish astronomer means "one who works with copper" Copernicus $1,600 DJ SCIENTISTS 2010-01-20 #5838
Around 1507 this Polish astronomer began trying to prove that the Sun, not Earth, was the center of the universe Copernicus $600 J SCIENTISTS 2007-02-08 #5164
In 1543 he wrote, "Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the universe" Nicolaus Copernicus FJ SCIENTISTS 1996-04-15 #2686
It's said he 1st saw a published copy of his "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" the day he died Nicolaus Copernicus $800 DJ SCIENTISTS 1990-05-15 #1327
His 1543 book refuting an Earth-centered solar system was published when he was on his death bed Copernicus $500 J SCIENTISTS 1989-01-18 #1013
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