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- 1. Nicolaus Copernicus By: Adam Tabbaa
- 2. Timeline 1473 Feb. 19,Nicolaus Copernicus, the youngest of four siblings is born. 1491 Enters the University of Krakow at 18 years old, and studies mathematics and astronomy. 1496 Studies church law and astronomy at the University of Bologna in Italy. Becomes assistant to Domenico Maria da Novara an astronomer. 1497 Appointed to the staff of the Cathedral Frauen in Prussia, thus making him financially independent. Enrolls in a medical school in Padua, Italy 1501 1503 Receives doctoral degree in church law at the University of Ferrara. Returns to Poland and serves as a physician to his uncle, the Bishop of Ermeland 1530 Publication of his treatise, On the Revolution Of the Celestial Bodies, is delayed because of it being politically and religiously controversial. 1543 On the Revolution of the Celestial Bodies is published. Shortly afterwards, Copernicus dies in Frauenburg at 70 years old.
- 3. Education Nicolaus Copernicus was educated many times in his life in many different places. He was first educated when he was ten from his dad. His dad soon later died causing his uncle, Lukasz Watzelrode, to take over Nicolaus’s education. Later, the he entered the Cathedral School at Włocławek, up the Vistula River from Toruń, which prepares pupils for entrance to the University of Kraków. After going to the Cathedral School at Włocławek he went to the University of Krakow at the age of 18 to study mathematics and astronomy. During Copernicus’s time in Krakow the educators realized how attentive and enthusiastic Nicolaus was toward the lectures. They soon exposed him to the most advanced and developed discoveries of their time, algebra and trigonometry being developed by Johannes Müller who was a German astronomer also known as Regiomontanus. After three years in Krakow Nicolaus went to the University of Bologna in Italy to study church law. Even while studying church law Copernicus could not subdue his passion for science. He met Domenico Maria da Novara, an Italian astronomer found Copernicus and invited him to be his assistant. After another three years in the University of Bologna, his Nicolaus’s uncle, Lukasz Watzelrode the bishop of Heilsberg, assigned Nicolaus a job or position in the church. This job essentially made Copernicus financially independent. Nicolaus requested to delay the job so he could go to medical school in Padua, Italy. His uncle accepted and Nicolaus went there for 4 years.
- 4. What was he known for? Nicolaus was a brilliant and famous mathematician and astronomer. Some of the things he is known for are his book called On the Revolution Of the Celestial Bodies, which he dedicated to the pope of this time, Pope Paul III. In this book he discovered how the solar system actually looks like. This theory is called the heliocentric theory. It stated that the Sun was in the center of the universe (it was actually the solar system).This theory was not believed by many people they believed an older theory. This theory was called the ptolemaic system, named after a Greek astronomer born 87 A.D. His theory stated that Earth was in the center of the universe (it was actually the solar system) and everything revolved around rather than the Sun being in the center.
- 5. Nicolaus Copernicus’s Impact Copernicus is a very important historical character because he was the first ever to reveal the rotation of the stars accurately and the explained that the Earth rotated around the Sun and not the other way around. The most impressive factor about all of his discoveries is that he uncovered all of this information with a naked eye. He did not use a telescope or any other tool to aid his eyes. After Nicolaus’s death in 1543 his popularity and discoveries did not just disappear, they inspired and encouraged other people to become famous scientists and create or discover what they did when they did. For example some scientists inspired by Copernicus’s impacts are Johannes Kepler. He discovered the laws of planetary motion. Galileo is another one and he invented the first telescope, sadly 50 years after Copernicus’s death. The final example of the scientists who were impacted by Copernicus’s work is Isaac Newton. He discovered gravitation and its laws.
- 6. Comparison Shakespeare- William Shakespeare went to a school for grammar, while Nicolaus Copernicus went to multiple universities to learn astronomy, science, and medicine and surgery. Shakespeare is famous for writing playwrights and Copernicus made astronomical and scientific discoveries. Thomas More- Thomas studied politics and literature and Nicolaus studied mathematics, astronomy, and medicine/surgery. Born 5 years apart. Both were very influential people of their time. Thomas had a friend who was a philosopher and Nicolaus had a friend who was an astronomer. King Henry the 8th- Born 18 years apart. They both studied mathematics and astronomy. Henry married 6 times and Nicolaus never married. Henry was a King and Nicolaus was an astronomer. Henry was home- schooled his whole life.
- 7. Bibliography "Copernicus, Nicolaus." FactCite: Lincoln Library of Shapers of Society Online. Lincoln Lib. P, 2011. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. Novi, Nihil. "Nicolaus Copernicus." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 1 4 2014. Web. 3 Apr 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus>. Rabin, Sheila, "Nicolaus Copernicus", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2010/entries/copernicus/>.