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    Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth
    Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth
    Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth
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    Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth

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    Nicolaus Copernicus was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer who lived during the Renaissance and Reformation eras and contributed to science with a new model of the universe that placed the Sun instead of the Earth at the center of the universe. Although a similar theory had been formulated centuries earlier by Aristarchus of Samos, Copernicus went much farther than anyone before him. A major milestone in the history of science, the publication of his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543 was a radical act that demolished thousand-year old beliefs.

    Born in Royal Prussia, Nicolaus Copernicus held a doctorate in canon law and was also a classics scholar, governor, diplomat, translator, and physician besides being an influential mathematician and astronomer. He made valuable contributions to many fields, including economics, where he formulated a principle that would later become Gresham’s law. Copernicus’s daring and novel writings made all former theories about the system of the universe explode and put humanity on a new scientific path, eventually making way for the Scientific Revolution.

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    PublisherDoug West
    Release dateMar 30, 2018
    ISBN9781370999774
    Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography: The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth
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    Doug West

    Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and “How to” topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog “Millie” near Kansas City, Missouri.

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      Nicolaus Copernicus - Doug West

      Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography

      The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth

      Doug West, Ph.D.

      Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography

      The Astronomer Who Moved the Earth

      Copyright © 2018 Doug West

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author. Reviewers may quote brief passages in reviews.

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      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 - Childhood and Family

      Chapter 2 - Education

      Chapter 3 - Political and Administrative Career

      Chapter 4 - The Heliocentric Theory

      Chapter 5 - A Revolutionary Book

      Chapter 6 – Death and Legacy

      Timeline

      References and Further Reading

      Acknowledgments

      About the Author

      Preface

      Welcome to the book, Nicolaus Copernicus: A Short Biography. This book is part of the 30 Minute Book Series and, as the name of the series implies, if you are an average reader this book will take around 30 minutes to read. Since this short book is not meant to be an all-encompassing biography of Nicolaus Copernicus, you may want to know more about this man and his accomplishments. To help you with this, there are several good references at the end of this book. Thank you for purchasing this book, and I hope you enjoy your time reading about the astronomer who changed man’s view of the cosmos.

      Doug West

      April 2018

      Introduction

      Nicolaus Copernicus was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer who lived during the Renaissance and Reformation eras and contributed to science with a new model of the universe that placed the Sun, instead of the Earth, at the center of the universe. Although a similar theory had been formulated centuries earlier by Aristarchus of Samos, Copernicus went much farther than anyone before him. A major milestone in the history of science, the publication of his book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres) in 1543 was a radical act that demolished thousand-year old beliefs.

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