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6 days ago · Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who proposed that the Sun is the center of the solar system and that the planets circle the Sun. Copernicus also noted that Earth turns once daily on its own axis and that very slow long-term changes in the direction of this axis account for the precession of the equinoxes.
- Copernicus's Astronomical Work
Nicolaus Copernicus - Astronomy, Heliocentrism, Revolution:...
- Publication of De Revolutionibus
Nicolaus Copernicus - Astronomer, Heliocentrism, De...
- Thomas Cavendish
Thomas Cavendish was an English navigator and freebooter,...
- Georg Joachim Rheticus
Georg Joachim Rheticus (born Feb. 16, 1514, Feldkirch,...
- John Byron
John Byron (born Nov. 8, 1723—died April 10, 1786, England)...
- Hugo Eckener
Hugo Eckener was a German aeronautical engineer and...
- Theophylactus Simocattes
Theophylactus Simocattes (born, Egypt—died after 640,...
- Regiomontanus
Regiomontanus (born June 6, 1436, Königsberg, archbishopric...
- Copernicus's Astronomical Work
3 days ago · Nicolaus Copernicus [b] (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
6 days ago · Nicolaus Copernicus - Astronomy, Heliocentrism, Revolution: The contested state of planetary theory in the late 15th century and Pico’s attack on astrology’s foundations together constitute the principal historical considerations in constructing the background to Copernicus’s achievement.
20 hours ago · Nicolaus Copernicus - Astronomer, Heliocentrism, De Revolutionibus: The presentation of Copernicus’s theory in its final form is inseparable from the conflicted history of its publication.
Jun 11, 2024 · Westphal, Johann Heinrich, 1794-1831, (1822) Nikolaus Kopernikus. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America , http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008638148 MLA citation style
5 days ago · Trine Dyrholm, Kirsten Olesen, Nicolaj Kopernikus 2 votes A French feature that tells the story of a woman forced to give birth during her incarceration, this 2010 drama intertwines themes of despair and hope while championing the indomitable spirit of motherhood.
5 days ago · Skuespiller Nicolaj Kopernikus og tv-vært Mads Steffensen og andre kendisser hoppede pludselig ombord på bussen. Foto: Peter Salomon - I dag er ret presset, men det er godt, vi er fem gutter til at tage noget af presset, fortæller Erik Bro.
