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Home / Science / Astronomy / History / People / Copernicus, Nicolas
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- Encarta: Copernicus, Nicolaus - Encyclopedia article provides an overview of the astronomer's early life, his education, and his revolutionary theory that the earth was not the center of the universe.
encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761571204
- Nicolas Copernicus - A short biography (1473-1543).
www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Copernicus.htm
- Nicolaus Copernicus - Discovered that the Earth is not in the center of the Universe but it circles the Sun. Facts of life and pictures of the Polish astronomer.
www.frombork.art.pl/Ang02.htm
- Nicolaus Copernicus - Detailed biography examines Copernicus' dissatisfaction with the Ptolemaic system of astronomy and his theory that the earth actually revolved around the sun. Also includes portrait.
www.phy.bg.ac.yu/web_projects/giants/copernicus.html
- The Copernican Revolution - Brief historical chronology of the development and acceptance of heliocentricity.
www.skyscript.co.uk/copernicus.html
- Top-Biography.com: Nicolaus Copernicus - Relates the story of the painter, astronomer, physician, and mathematician who developed the heliocentric theory. Also includes timeline and quotations.
top-biography.com/9087-Nicolaus%20Coppernicus/index1.htm
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