Astronomers Extraordinaire

Nicolaus Copernicus: 1473 to 1543, Poland

Johannes Kepler 1473 to 1543, Poland

 
Biographical Info
Copernicus Bio Info MacTutor Site http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html
Kepler Bio Info MacTutor Site http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kepler.html

Famous Quotes

"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the systematic procession of events and the harmony of the whole Universe, if only we face the facts, as they say, `with both eyes open'."   Copernicus

Concepts and Activities
Copernicus Science Activities  http://www.venus.net/~sdearad1/curr-science/CR34659.HTM
Copernicus Science Activities  http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/educators/angular.html
Significant Contributions
Significant contribution:
1543 AD Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres). It gives a full account of the Copernican theory, namely that the Sun (not the Earth) is at rest in the centre of the Universe.. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Chronology/1500_1600.html#1543
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