Nicolaus+Copernicus,+Polish+Scientist

SECTION 29.6
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS, POLISH SCIENTIST AND LIVED IN YEARS OF 1473-1543 AND FOM PLACE HE LIVED IS TORUN, POLAND. WHEN COPERNICUS WAS 10 YEARS OLD, HIS FATHER DIED. HIS UNCLE, A CATHOLIC BISHOP, BECAME HE IS A GUARDIAN. COPERNICUS WAS SKILLED IN MATHEMATICS AND OBSERVATION. HE PROPOSED A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA. IN REALITY, EARTH AND THE OTHER PLANETS ORBIT THE SUN EARTH ROTATES, OR TURNS, ON IT AXIS. HE TITLED IT ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE CELESTIAL SPHERES. DESPITE THE CHURCH'S DISAPPROVAL COPERNICUS'S THEORY HAD A MAJOR INFLUENCE THE PERSON IMPACT OUR SOCIETY TODAY FOR SOME REASON, ART HISTORIANS AND OBESSED WITH HIM AS A PERSON. 3 LINKS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

plato.stanford.edu/entries/**copernicus**/



HOW DID HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AFFECT SOCIETY TODAY? HE AFFECTED SOCIETY TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO COME UP WITH THE THEORY THAT THE SOLAR SYSTEM ROTATED AROUND THE SUN NOT THAT WE ARE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. IF HE HADN'T FIGURED IT OUT WE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WE WHERE THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG.