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Nicolaus was born in 1473 and died in 1543. He lived in Torun, Poland. He lost his father at the age of 10, his uncle became his guardian. He made sure Nicolaus had the best education. He attended University of Krakow. He went to Italy to study medicine and church law. In Italy he rented rooms from an astronomy teacher. He then became interested in astronomy. He was skilled in mathematics and observations. He was the person who proposed that the earth and the rest of the plants rotated around the sun(This was shot down because it was against the church). He wrote a book about that idea and dedicated it to the pope but the church forbid anyone to read it in 1616. His theory was proved right.





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How did his achievements affect society? The individual that I researched was Nicolaus Copernicus. The section from which I researched him on was titled Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish Scientist. He was born in 1473 and died in the year 1543, and is from Torun, Poland. He was a free thinker, and was unafraid to question accepted beliefs. After attending the University of Krakow in Poland he studied medicine and Church law in Italy. Soon after that he became very fascinated in astronomy. Some of Nicolaus's talents include mathematics and observation.