Nicolaus Copernicus

Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)

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Nicolaus Copernicus was a human born in Toruń in 1473 and died in Frombork in 1543 due to a stroke. He held citizenship in the Kingdom of Poland, Royal Prussia, and Germany, and was stateless at times. His occupations included astronomer, jurist, economist, and mathematician. He was educated at the Jagiellonian University, University of Padua, University of Bologna, and University of Ferrara. His doctoral advisor was Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara.

His notable works include Commentariolus and De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. He was influenced by Aristarchus of Samos, Martianus Capella, Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, and Ptolemy. Copernicus spoke renaissance Latin, Middle Polish, and Middle Low German, and knew Greek. He was a Catholic. He worked in Frombork and is buried in the Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork. His birth name was Niklas Koppernigk.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1473
Died: 1543
Works: 103

Top works

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
Trattato sulla coniazione del denaro
Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De revolvtionibvs orbium coelestium, Libri VI
De lateribvs et angvlis triangulorum
Wybor pism

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 58
Total plays: 111

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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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."”
“To know the mighty works of God, to comprehend His wisdom and majesty and power; to appreciate, in degree, the wonderful workings of His laws, surely all this must be a pleasing and acceptable mode of worship to the Most High, to whom ignorance cannot be more grateful than knowledge.”
“What indeed is more beautiful than heaven, which of course contains all things of beauty.”
“For when a ship is floating calmly along, the sailors see its motion mirrored in everything outside, while on the other hand they suppose that they are stationary, together with everything on board. In the same way, the motion of the earth can unquestionably produce the impression that the entire universe is rotating.”
“We are taught all this [the motion of the earth on its axis and around the sun] by the order of succession, in which those phenomena (various planetary happenings) follow each other, and by the harmony of the world, if we will only, as the saying goes, look at the matter with both eyes.”
“Hence I feel no shame in asserting that this whole region engirdled by the moon, and the center of the earth, traverse this grand circle amid the rest of the planets in an annual revolution around the sun. Near the sun is the center of the universe. Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Nikolaus
Gender: male
Citizenship: Poland
Place of birth: Toruń
Place of death: Frombork
Occupation: writer
Educated at: University of Ferrara
Employer: Jagiellonian University
Languages spoken: Polish
Native language: Middle Low German
Religion: Catholic Church
Notable work: Commentariolus
Doctoral student: Georg Joachim Rheticus
Field of work: economics
Image: Nikolaus Kopernikus MOT.jpg
Work location: Frombork
Residence: Padua

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Commons category: Nicolaus Copernicus
date of birth: 1473-01-01
date of death: 1543-01-01
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described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
birth name: Niklas Koppernigk
place of burial: Archcathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Andrew in Frombork
cause of death: stroke
influenced by: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
manner of death: natural causes
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writing language: renaissance Latin
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student: Georg Joachim Rheticus
ethnic group: Poles
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interested in: astronomy
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significant person: Johannes Dantiscus
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Works in European collections

20 objects attributed to Nicolaus Copernicus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Nicolai Copernici Torinensis. Astronomia Instavrata Libris sex comprehensa, qui de Revolutionibus orbium cœlestium inscribuntur

Guilielmi Blaeu Institutio Astronomica De usu Globorum & Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium : Duabus partibus adornata, Una, secundum hypothesin Ptolemaei per terram quiescentem. Altera, juxta mentem N. Copernici per terram mobile... [Texto impreso]

Guilielmi Blaeu Institutio Astronomica De usu Globorum & Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium duabus partibus adornata, Una, secundum hypothesin Ptolemaei per terram quiescentem. Altera, juxta mentem N. Copernici per terram mobilem [Texto impreso]

Nicolai Copernici torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI ...

Monumenta Copernicana : Festgabe zum 19. Februar 1873 von Leopold Prowe. Inhalt: 1) Aus dem Werke de revolutionibus orbium caelestium. 2) Gutachten und Denkschriften. 3) Uebersetzungen aus dem Griechischen. a) Die Briefe des Theophylactus Simocatta. b) Der Brief des Lysis an Hipparch. 4) Brief

Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De Revolvtionibvs Orbium coelestium, Libri VI.

Ta tou Themistiou Eufradous hapanta, toutesti parafraseis, kai Logoi Alexandrou Afrodisieōs Peri psychēs biblia duo, kai Peri eimarmenēs hen =

DE LATERIBVS ET ANGVLIS TRIangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum, tum Sphaericorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus, cum ad plerasque Ptolemaei demonstrationes intelligendas, tum vero ad alia multa, scriptus à Clarissimo & doctissimo viro D. Nicolao Copernico Toronensi, Additus est Canon semissium subtensarum rectarum linearum in Circulo