Nicolaus Copernicus

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Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish Mikołaj Kopernik); February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) wis a Polish astronomer, mathematician an economist that cam up wi the heliocentric (Sun-centred) theory o the solar system in a form detailed eneuch ti mak it scientifically uisefu. Copernicus wis born in 1473 in the ceity o Toruń in Poland. There's a story that the first printed copy o De revolutionibus wis pitten intil Copernicus's haunds the same day he dee'd, sae that he cuid sey guidbye ti his opus vitae. They say that he waukened frae a coma, keeked at his book, an dee'd.

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DC Goodman, CA Russell, eds. The Rise of Scientific Europe 1500-1800. Bath, UK: Hodder &

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