NICOLAUS
COPERNICUS
(1473-1543)

GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT
 Founder of Modern Astronomy
 First to say the Earth wasn’t in the center of the universe

ABOUT HIM
 Polish Family
 Father: local official, died when he was 10 years old.
 His uncle took over and made sure he received a good education.

EDUCATION
 Studied mathematics and law
 Visited Italy, Rome, and Bologna for
many Universities
 “At rest, however, in the middle of
everything is the sun.” –Nicolaus
Copernicus

CONTIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
Heliocentrism

AWARDS
 None received
 His work was published after he died

94183983
 “The Only Stupid Questions are the ones Left Unasked” [Nicolaus
Copernicus]. 2008. http://unasked.com/question/view/id/27183.
(October 18, 2010).
 “Western Culture Global” [#8: Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)].
2009. http://westerncultureglobal.org/copernicus.html.(October 18,
2010).