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Polish science and discovery
Unia polsko-litewska (Jagiellonowie)
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Mikołaj Kopernik
1473 - 1543 · born in Toruń, Poland
Unia polsko-litewska (Jagiellonowie)
Administrative context: Unia polsko-litewska (Jagiellonowie). The historical administrative borders for this period are approximate.
In Toruń, Nicolaus Copernicus placed the Sun at the centre of the cosmos and set off the modern scientific revolution.
Key facts
- Presented the heliocentric model
- Author of On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
- Trained in medicine and law
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