High Renaissance in Northern Europe - Age of Discovery - Nicolas Copernicus
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Who was Nicolas Copernicus and when did he live?
Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) was a Polish astronomer who published 'On the Revolutions of Celestial Bodies' in 1543, wherein he argued that that Earth and the other planets orbit the sun, rather than the sun and planets revolving around the Earth.
In his 'On the Revolutions of Celestial Bodies' (1543) Copernicus built on the work of another astronomer.
Who are we talking about?
We are talking about the ancient Greek geographer and astronomer Ptolemy, whose writings had been rediscovered and translated in 1410.
'On the Revolutions of Celestial Bodies' (1543) by Copernicus was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1616.
Why?
Theologians refused to believe that the Earth was not at the center of the universe.
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