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Nicolaus Copernicus
Title: Nicolaus Copernicus
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 320 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Thorn, Poland on February 19, 1473. He was the son of a wealthy merchant. After his father's death, his mother’s brother, a bishop in the Catholic Church, raised him. Copernicus studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Krakow. Through his uncle's influence, Copernicus was appointed a canon (church official) of the Catholic Church. He used the income from the position to help pay for additional studies. Copernicus studied law and …showed first 75 words of 320 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 320 total…person to study the skies with telescope. From his observations, Copernicus concluded that every planet, including Earth, revolved around the Sun. He also determined that the Earth rotates daily on its axis and that the Earth's motion affected what people saw in the heavens. Copernicus did not have the tools to prove his theories. By the 1600s, astronomers such as Galileo would develop the physics that would prove he was correct. Copernicus died on May 24, 1543.
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