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Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 feburary, 1473
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Astronomer
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Nicholaus first went on to study painting and mathematics at the University of Krakow. Although he first didnt go on to study Astronomy he began to grow interest in it.
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Nicolas is known for 27 observations that he recorded in his book De revolutionibus. The first observation was that he had seen the moon eclipse, "the brightest star in the eye of the bull"
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He most likely used his first observation to check the new and full moon tables, used in the Novaras forecast.
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In 1500 Nicolaus was invited to speak in front of a interest group about his interest in mathematics but it is not known what his lecture subject was about
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Nicolaus went back to school to study medicine at the University of Padua. Medicine and astrology were hand and hand during this time because it was said that the stars effected the body.
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Nicolaus wrote little Commentary, A pamphlet that talks about the Earth revolving around the sun. The church disagreed with this theory. He outlined the Heliocentric theory in his book.
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By 1514 Nicolaus had gathered enough information from observing the sky to great the pages in his books. From his observations his theory staed that the earth is not the center of the universe, the universe has no center, and that the center would be near the sun. he wanted people to shift from geocentric to Heliocentric.
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After four years in school his uncle sent him to Italy to study law. Because of his growing interest in Astronomy he began to learn Greek to be able understand most works of astronomy that was written in Greek.
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Nicolaus finished his obersavations of the sky and applied his observations to mathematics to identify the universe. he completed his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium – The Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, but did not publish it.
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By 1532 Nicolaus had published his 6th book on astronomy. This book described the planetary motion that was backed up by mathematics.
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When the Heliocentric hypothesis was published, Nicolaus name was not on his hypothesis. Georg Rheticus claimed his fame
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May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Passed away
