Nicolaus Copernicus
19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543
Polish astronomer and mathematician whose heliocentric model of the universe launched the Scientific Revolution.
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Circulated the Commentariolus, an early sketch of his heliocentric theory
c. 1514
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Published De revolutionibus orbium coelestium
1543
The printed work reached him, according to tradition, on the day he died.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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