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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus. Presented By: Alex Drebing Brittany Costill Nathanael Elmer. Personal Information. Nicolaus was born on February 19,1473 in Poland When Nicolaus was ten his father died He was born into a family of merchants and municipal officials He had four children

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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  1. Nicolaus Copernicus Presented By: Alex Drebing Brittany Costill Nathanael Elmer

  2. Personal Information • Nicolaus was born on February 19,1473 in Poland • When Nicolaus was ten his father died • He was born into a family of merchants and municipal officials • He had four children • The entire family belonged to the third order of St. Dominic • His life ended of May 24,1543

  3. Astronomy • Nicolaus Copernicus started the scientific revolution by writing the book called De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium. • This book was mostly about helicentric cosmology. Greek (ήλιος Helios = sun and κέντρον kentron = center). Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) order + λογος (logos) word, reason, plan) is study of the Universe in its totality, and by extension, humanity's place in it.

  4. Changing our Understanding • Nicolaus Proved that Earth wasn’t in the center of the universe • This showed astronomers why other planets changed their sides of brightness • Nicolaus showed other astronomers that the stars were fixed and the planets moved

  5. Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copernicus • http://ces10.phys.utk.edulastr161/lect/retrograde/copenican.html • http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xcopern.html • http://www.bluete.com/literature/biographies/science/copernicus.htm

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