Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473 in the city of Toruń (Thorn), in the province of Royal Prussia, in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
His father was a merchant from Kraków and his mother was … 查看更多內容

The immediate result of the 1543 publication of Copernicus's book was only mild controversy. At the Council of Trent (1545–63) neither Copernicus's theory nor calendar reform (which would later use tables deduced from Copernicus's calculations) … 查看更多內容

• Copernican principle
• Copernicus Science Centre
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Predecessors
Philolaus (c. 470 – c. 385 BCE) described an astronomical system in which a Central Fire (different from the Sun) occupied the centre of the universe, and a counter-Earth, the Earth, Moon, the Sun itself, planets, and … 查看更多內容

Languages
Copernicus is postulated to have spoken Latin, German, and Polish with equal fluency; he also … 查看更多內容

Copernicia
Copernicia, a genus of palm trees native to South America and the Greater Antilles, was named … 查看更多內容

1. ^ The oldest known portrait of Copernicus is that on the Strasbourg astronomical clock, made by Tobias Stimmer c. 1571–74. According to the inscription next to that portrait, it was made from a self-portrait by Copernicus himself. This … 查看更多內容