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= = = Nicolaus Copernicus the Polish scientist would change the ways of a later basis of modern astronomy. He was born in 1473 and lived to 1543 in Torun, Poland. = = = = Copernicus's uncle was his gaurdian after his father died when he was 10 years old. He went to the university of Krakow in Poland, studied medicine, and studied church law in Italy. From a teacher, he rented astronomy rooms. A creative and free thinker he was because he was unafraid to question beliefs. = = = = He would truly believe what he saw and not what others would make of a small glimpse. He figured out that the sun was the center of the universe and not the Earth. In 1514 he wrote a book called On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres. In 1616 the church forbade people from reading it, but later in society many other key scientists found his theories important and correct as the basis of modern astronomy. = = = = Sources = [] [] []

= Following question about Nicolaus Copernicus: = = How do the achievements of this person impact our society today? = = The achievements of Nicolaus Copernicus impacts our society today by having a better basis of astronomy and figuring out the universe more precisely. We even have a great program NASA to prove greater from his theories. We can learn more from his findings of the universe outer of the sun. Other scientists had already been proving his theory to show correct methods than what others may have believed. It also changed the religious fact of humans being the center of the universe. =