Copernicus

Nicolaus copernicus is an awesome sientist that was born in Thorn, Poland now known as Torun, Poland on Feb 19, 1473 he died on May 24, 1543. and was said to be the reason for the break to modern astronemy. He made the first model of the planets and thier rotations. This is a map of Torun, Poland ↓

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← This picture is of the Nicolaus Copernicus monument in Torun Poland (same place he was born)

Apparentley they just recently identified Nicolaus Copernicus's grave by matching dna from a tooth on his dead body with a strand of hair found in his book this is a picture of what they think he must of looked like when he died →

here is an awsome site on the biography of Nicolaus Copernicus http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xcopern.html it realy hepled me. I just found this cool new article I hope you enjoy http://www.newser.com/story/43248/scientists-identify-body-of-copernicus.html Any questions about anything fell free to send me a message