Copernicus was born 540 years ago
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Nicolaus Copernicus (German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Italian: Nicolò Copernico; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.
Copernicus was born in Thorn (now Torun) in Poland and this statue can be found in that city.
The inscription of the statue says: "Nicolaus Copernicus Thorunensis, terrae motor, solis caelique stator" ("Nicolaus Copernicus of Thorun, mover of the earth, stopper of the sun and heavens")
Submitted 23/05/2014
Accepted 20/06/2014
Published:
- Amar Chitra Katha Private Limi (India) 13-Feb-2016
Copernicus was born 540 years ago
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Nicolaus Copernicus (German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; Italian: Nicolò Copernico; Polish: Mikołaj Kopernik (19 February 1473 - 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe.
Copernicus was born in Thorn (now Torun) in Poland and this statue can be found in that city.
The inscription of the statue says: "Nicolaus Copernicus Thorunensis, terrae motor, solis caelique stator" ("Nicolaus Copernicus of Thorun, mover of the earth, stopper of the sun and heavens")
Submitted 23/05/2014
Accepted 20/06/2014
Published:
- Amar Chitra Katha Private Limi (India) 13-Feb-2016