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harleyroxs123
Student
High School - 9th Grade
What did Nicolaus Copernicus contribute to science?
Did he futhered human knowledge of the solar system or did he futhered human knowledge of the reproductive system?
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ladyvols1 Teacher
High School - 9th GradeeNotes Editor
Posted by ladyvols1 on Tuesday October 7, 2008 at 5:31 PMNicolaus Copernicus's knowledge was to set the scene for major advances in science. Copernicus also marked the beginning of a scientific revolution and astronomy.
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krishna-agrawala Teacher
Graduate SchooleNotes Editor
Posted by krishna-agrawala on Thursday September 3, 2009 at 5:53 AMNickolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer. Who was the first one do develop a concept of earth as a planet which moved around the Sun, as well as rotated around its axis. Prior to this earth was considered to be stationary. He showed that earth was one of several planets of the Earth.
Copernicus could not prove his theories, but he was able to show that the movement of all heavenly bodies could be explained much more easily as the visual effect of movement of the Earth.
His put down his ideas in a book called On the Revolution of the Heavenly Sphere published in 1543.
The work of Copernicus must have been of great help to other scientists like Galileo and Kepler, who in early seventeenth century developed the scientific knowledge that could prove the theories of Copernicus.
