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Nicolaus Copernicus

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

  • By: Brandon Hulbert and
  • Colby Swift
  • Famous astronomer
  • Born on February 19,1473
  • In Torun,Poland
Photo by Jason Riedy

CHILDHOOD

  • when father died mothers brother raised him
  • His father was a wholesales merchantmen .
  • Later in life nicolaus enrolled to cracow unitversity
  • The classes they had there were math,astronomy,and astrology.
  • His interest sparked for astronomy right then

IINSPIRATION

  • Nicolaus's uncle and mathematics professor influnced him.
  • Nicolaus's uncle influnced him by appointing a church offical.
  • Nicolaus's professor influenced him to the question of astromy of the day

TALENTS

  • Some talents that nicolaus Copernicus were?
  • Mathematics,physician,classical scholar,translator and artist.
  • He studied law, he then later found a keen intrust of astronmy.

MAJOR DISCOVERY

  • The one major discovery that nicolaus copernicus made was?
  • That all the planets revolve around the sun.
  • Found that the earth and the sun are not the center of the universe
  • He questioned the prevailing thought about the universe at age 35
  • The dominant model was ptolemy`s model (the one he questioned)

Intrests

  • Copernicus had intrests in geograpgh and astronmy

SOCIETIES REACTION

  • They called him the father of modern astronomy

OTHER INFORMATION

  • He went to 3 different universities
  • But there are no records of him getting a degree
  • He was not hated as much as you might think
  • Copernicus's discovery was bigger than Galileo's

LIFE ENDING

HE DIED DUE TO A STROKE