NICHOLAUS COPERNICUS
Nicholaus Copernicus was born on February 19,1473 in torun, a town in Poland. His father was a
wholesale copper dealer and probably the family got its name from this. Nicholaus
is the youngest. His parents died by the time he reached ten. He was brought up by his uncle Lucas Waczenrode who sent him to university of
Krakow. When Nicolaus was twenty two he became canon at the cathedral of Frauenberg.
The universities had become exciting places with Renaissance especially in Italy which is origin of Renaissance. Copernicus moved to university of Bologna in 1496 when he was 23. Later from Bologna he moved on to Padua and Ferrara. At bologna he joined as a pupil and became an assistant for Professor Dominico Maria Da Novarra. Under him he set down his first record
His own studies revealed many wrong concepts in the Ptolemy’s earth centred universe. He began to consider another idea of universe in which sun was at the centre. He was not the first person to recognise it. Many Greek philosophers like Pythagoras kept his theories close to it.
In 1503 he returned Fauenberg to take up his duties at the cathedral. He remained with his uncle from 1506 to 1512 when he was ill. He passed away in 1512. So he returned to cathedral and set up his laboratory on roof. He used o climb up the roof for his observations.
In 1540 he published his first book called De Revolutionibus Oribum
Celestium. He received an encouraging response from all including church
authorities. So he published De Revolutionibus just before his death in 1543.
There is a legend that he died on the same day his book emerged from the
press.......!!!!!!!!!!!!! .
