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Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
Theophylact Simocatta
early 7th-century Byzantine historian
Gresham's law
monetary principle on circulating currency; "bad money drives out good"
Copernican Revolution
Belief, initiated by Copernicus, that planets orbit the sun
annus mirabilis
year during which events of major importance occurred, often referring to a specific year
Copernican heliocentrism
concept that the Earth rotates around the Sun
Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork
cathedral
Lucas Watzenrode
Important person of Nicolaus Copernicus life
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
1686 essay by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
Nicolaus Copernicus native house in Toruń
house in Toruń, Poland
Apollo - the Copernican Solar System
design of the stained glass window by Stanislaw Wyspiański